Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Queerer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Queer \Queer\, a. [Compar. {Queerer}; superl. {Queerest}.] [G.
quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow),
{OHG}. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS,
[thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart,
transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry, and perh. to L.
torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. {Torture}, {Through},
{Thwart}, a.]
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.]
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