queer
adjective /kwɪə(r)/
/kwɪr/
(comparative queerer, superlative queerest)
Idioms - (old-fashioned) strange or unusual synonym odd
- His face was a queer pink colour.
- She had a queer feeling that she was being watched.
- I was beginning to feel very queer.
- It all sounds a bit queer to me.
- (taboo, slang) an offensive way of describing a gay person, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some gay people about themselvesTopics People in societyc2
Word Originearly 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
Idioms
an odd/a queer fish
- (old-fashioned, British English) a person who is slightly strange or crazyTopics Personal qualitiesc2