quare

British  

/ kwɛə /

adjective

1. remarkable or strange

   a quare fellow

2. great or good

   you're in a quare mess

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Etymology

Origin of quare

probably variant of _queer

Example Sentences

"True for you; it's the quare life, and no mistake," remarked another.

From The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' by MacDonagh, Michael

Now didn't I say I was a quare woman, and you almost a stranger?

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

Th. quare ipse cepit Ricardum et eum imprisonauit et coegit ad redempcionem 1 marce.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Si dicis quod non est crudelitas punire malos etc. qu�ro, si erat omnipotens et omnisciens, sciebat omnes peccaturos et futuros malos, et propter hoc damnandos, quare ergo fecierat eos?

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

Boys, oh! but he was the quare poet!

From Humours of Irish Life by Various