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Webster 1913 Edition

Queer

Queer

(kwēr)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Queerer
(kwēr′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Queerest
.]
[G.
quer
cross, oblique, athwart (cf.
querkopf
a queer fellow),
OHG
.
twer
,
twerh
,
dwerah
; akin to D.
dvars
, AS,
þweorh
thwart, bent, twisted, Icel.
þverr
thwart, transverse, Goth.
þwaìrhs
angry, and perh. to L.
torqyere
to twist, and E.
through
. Cf.
Torture
,
Through
,
Thwart
,
Adj.
]
1.
At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical;
as, a
queer
story or act
.
“ A queer look.”
W. Irving.
2.
Mysterious; suspicious; questionable;
as, a
queer
transaction
.
[Colloq.]

Queer

,
Noun.
1.
Counterfeit money.
[Slang]
To shove the queer
,
to put counterfeit money in circulation.
[Slang]

Webster 1828 Edition

Queer

QUEER

, a.
Odd; singular; hence, whimsical.

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