queernessn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪənəs/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪrnəs/

Forms: see queer adj.¹ and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: queer adj.¹, -ness suffix.

Etymology: < queer adj.¹ + -ness suffix.

1. Strangeness, oddity, eccentricity. Also: an instance of this, a peculiarity, an idiosyncrasy.In quot. 1687: reluctance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]

unhealc700

untrumnessc897

adleeOE

sicknessc967

cothec1000

unhealthc1000

woe?a1200

ail?c1225

lying?c1225

maladyc1275

unsoundc1275

feebless1297

languora1375

languishc1384

disease1393

aegritudea1400

lamea1400

maleasea1400

soughta1400

wilc1400

malefaction?a1425

firmityc1426

unwholesomenessc1449

ill1450

languenta1500

distemperancea1535

the valley of the shadow of death1535

affect?1537

affection?1541

distemperature1541

inability1547

sickliness1565

languishment1576

cause1578

unhealthfulness1589

crazedness1593

languorment1593

evilness1599

strickenness1599

craziness1602

distemper1604

unsoundness1605

invaletude1623

unhealthiness1634

achaque1647

unwellness1653

disailment1657

insalubrity1668

faintiness1683

queerness1687

invalidity1690

illness1692

ill health1698

ailment1708

illing1719

invalescence1724

peakingness1727

sickishness1727

valetudinariness1742

ailingness1776

brash1786

invalidism1794

poorliness1814

diseasement1826

invalidship1830

valetudinarianism1839

ailing1862

invalidhood1863

megrims1870

pourriture1890

immersement1903

bug1918

condition1920

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]

un-i-willa1225

unlustc1230

dangerc1290

loathnessa1300

thronessa1400

grudgingc1420

nilling?a1425

unlustiness?a1425

loathinessc1449

difficulty?c1450

grudge1477

sticking1525

scruple1526

unreadiness1526

sweerness1533

dangerousness1548

untowardnessa1555

envy1557

loathsomeness1560

retractation1563

stickling1589

indisposition1593

loathfulness1596

backwardness1597

unwillingness1597

reluctation1598

offwardness1600

undisposedness1600

hinka1614

reluctancy1621

reluctancea1628

renitence1640

nolencea1651

nolencya1651

indisposedness1651

shyness1651

nolition1653

costiveness1654

sullenness1659

scrupling1665

regret1667

queerness1687

stickiness1689

disinclination1695

uneasinessa1715

tarditude1794

disclination1812

inalacrity1813

grudgingness1820

tarrowing1832

reticence1863

grudgery1889

balkiness1894

safety first1913

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness

oddness1611

queerity1711

particularity1712

whimsicalness1715

oddity1739

queerness1748

whimsicality1761

singularity1768

quizzity1788

eccentricity1794

quizziness1798

queerishness1803

fantasticness1825

rumness1840

weirdness1869

quirkiness1870

rumminess1872

whimsiness1909

1687 Bp. Trelawny in Camden Misc. (1853) II. 19 There seemed a greate querenesse in them to the signing of it.

1744 C. Morris Ess. fixing True Standards Wit 53 The Foible or Queerness of any Person will be most fully ridicul'd, by naturally dressing yourself, or any other Person in that Foible, and exerting its full Strength and Vigour.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 108 Queernesses I could not away with.

1756 J. Wesley Let. 6 Jan. (1931) III. 358 You describe it better, though still with amazing queerness of language.

1788 R. Bage James Wallace I. 167 Thou hast a fine open countenance; nothing of that obliquity and queerness in it that would make one suspect thee of folly.

1813 J. Austen Let. 25 Sept. (1995) 232 He hates company & she is very fond of it;—This, with some queerness of Temper on his side & much unsteadiness on hers, is untoward.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. x. 165 His absence from church..had only been thought of as a part of his general queerness.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 149 He took a kind of pride in the queerness of his name.

1950 Times 31 Mar. 9/2 Mr. Olaf Pooley gives the scorpion puppet an amusing queerness.

1993 A. R. Siddons Hill Towns (1994) i. 14 An outlander might mistake it for simple mountain reclusiveness, the queerness of old ways, and perhaps a long skein of inbreeding in the blood.

2. colloquial. Homosexuality. Cf. queer adj.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun]

sexual inversion1883

inversion1891

homosexuality1892

uranism1893

Uranianism1909

homoeroticism1915

homoerotism1916

queerness1925

homoism1927

homophiliaa1942

gayness1954

queerdom1961

poofdom1972

gaydom1978

1925 R. McAlmon Distinguished Air 73 She would hastily apologize had she used the Mary phrase on a man who did not know her well, or might resent queerness.

1950 W. S. Burroughs Let. 1 May (1993) 68 I am more than a little dubious of a program to overcome queerness.

1956 L. McIntosh Oxf. Folly 104 Some of the most brilliant Oxford figures are queers, and the others simply ape their mannerisms without having the courage to imitate their queerness.

1965 New Statesman 9 July 58/1 Osborne has taken queerness as his subject precisely as Nabokov took the love of pubescent girls.

2003 N.Y. Mag. 11 Aug. 64/1 The dubious Kinsey Scale, a gay-o-meter that rated queerness on a scale of 1 to 6.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	queerness
释义	queernessn. Brit. /ˈkwɪənəs/, U.S. /ˈkwɪrnəs/ Forms: see queer adj.¹ and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: queer adj.¹, -ness suffix. Etymology: < queer adj.¹ + -ness suffix. 1. Strangeness, oddity, eccentricity. Also: an instance of this, a peculiarity, an idiosyncrasy.In quot. 1687: reluctance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] unhealc700 untrumnessc897 adleeOE sicknessc967 cothec1000 unhealthc1000 woe?a1200 ail?c1225 lying?c1225 maladyc1275 unsoundc1275 feebless1297 languora1375 languishc1384 disease1393 aegritudea1400 lamea1400 maleasea1400 soughta1400 wilc1400 malefaction?a1425 firmityc1426 unwholesomenessc1449 ill1450 languenta1500 distemperancea1535 the valley of the shadow of death1535 affect?1537 affection?1541 distemperature1541 inability1547 sickliness1565 languishment1576 cause1578 unhealthfulness1589 crazedness1593 languorment1593 evilness1599 strickenness1599 craziness1602 distemper1604 unsoundness1605 invaletude1623 unhealthiness1634 achaque1647 unwellness1653 disailment1657 insalubrity1668 faintiness1683 queerness1687 invalidity1690 illness1692 ill health1698 ailment1708 illing1719 invalescence1724 peakingness1727 sickishness1727 valetudinariness1742 ailingness1776 brash1786 invalidism1794 poorliness1814 diseasement1826 invalidship1830 valetudinarianism1839 ailing1862 invalidhood1863 megrims1870 pourriture1890 immersement1903 bug1918 condition1920 the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness oddness1611 queerity1711 particularity1712 whimsicalness1715 oddity1739 queerness1748 whimsicality1761 singularity1768 quizzity1788 eccentricity1794 quizziness1798 queerishness1803 fantasticness1825 rumness1840 weirdness1869 quirkiness1870 rumminess1872 whimsiness1909 1687 Bp. Trelawny in Camden Misc. (1853) II. 19 There seemed a greate querenesse in them to the signing of it. 1744 C. Morris Ess. fixing True Standards Wit 53 The Foible or Queerness of any Person will be most fully ridicul'd, by naturally dressing yourself, or any other Person in that Foible, and exerting its full Strength and Vigour. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 108 Queernesses I could not away with. 1756 J. Wesley Let. 6 Jan. (1931) III. 358 You describe it better, though still with amazing queerness of language. 1788 R. Bage James Wallace I. 167 Thou hast a fine open countenance; nothing of that obliquity and queerness in it that would make one suspect thee of folly. 1813 J. Austen Let. 25 Sept. (1995) 232 He hates company & she is very fond of it;—This, with some queerness of Temper on his side & much unsteadiness on hers, is untoward. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. x. 165 His absence from church..had only been thought of as a part of his general queerness. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 149 He took a kind of pride in the queerness of his name. 1950 Times 31 Mar. 9/2 Mr. Olaf Pooley gives the scorpion puppet an amusing queerness. 1993 A. R. Siddons Hill Towns (1994) i. 14 An outlander might mistake it for simple mountain reclusiveness, the queerness of old ways, and perhaps a long skein of inbreeding in the blood. 2. colloquial. Homosexuality. Cf. queer adj.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] sexual inversion1883 inversion1891 homosexuality1892 uranism1893 Uranianism1909 homoeroticism1915 homoerotism1916 queerness1925 homoism1927 homophiliaa1942 gayness1954 queerdom1961 poofdom1972 gaydom1978 1925 R. McAlmon Distinguished Air 73 She would hastily apologize had she used the Mary phrase on a man who did not know her well, or might resent queerness. 1950 W. S. Burroughs Let. 1 May (1993) 68 I am more than a little dubious of a program to overcome queerness. 1956 L. McIntosh Oxf. Folly 104 Some of the most brilliant Oxford figures are queers, and the others simply ape their mannerisms without having the courage to imitate their queerness. 1965 New Statesman 9 July 58/1 Osborne has taken queerness as his subject precisely as Nabokov took the love of pubescent girls. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 11 Aug. 64/1 The dubious Kinsey Scale, a gay-o-meter that rated queerness on a scale of 1 to 6. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1687
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