queer
adjective
strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular.
queerish
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a word derived from
queer.
Example Sentences
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In fact, Carson invented this American prototype of the queerish tomboy girl, now a classic, later seen in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Bastard Out of Carolina,” and “Harriet the Spy.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2016
She is a strapping country lass, with a queerish name.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade
They said they'd received some queerish information about this affair, but only particularly about the death of that man down at the hotel in the Docks.
From The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
Mat had queerish eyes; they projected like those of some insect, and were flattish in their orbit.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
But she was in a queerish state: by 9 A.M.
From The Purple Cloud by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
