quare

/ (kwɛə) /

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adjective Irish dialect

remarkable or strangea quare fellow

great or goodyou're in a quare mess

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Word Origin for quare

probably variant of queer

Words nearby quare

quaquaversal, quar., quarantine, quarantine anchorage, quarantine flag, quare, quark, quark model, quarkonium, quarks, quark star

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How to use quare in a sentence

Quare Dei omnipotentia actu ab æterno fuit et in æternum in eadem actualitate manebit.
More Pages from a Journal|Mark Rutherford
I feel mighty quare, Mosey,' says he, 'an' I can't describe exactly how I do feel!'
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
And he says he'll inthroduce the misthress about, and the misthress is narely as quare!
Little Sky-High|Hezekiah Butterworth
An' dear knows it would be quare if you was a Talbot, an' I didn't know you.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891|Various

Nostra cert memoria, etiam inquirentibus non contigit invenisse, quare in fabulis habendum.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne