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
He's a queerish sort of chap—my chief—and a bit too—er—candid at times.
From When the Yule Log Burns A Christmas Story by Leona Dalrymple
And Biddy was in a queerish mood just now: there was a good deal of battling and pulling two ways going on in her baby heart.
From The Rectory Children by Walter Crane
But she was in a queerish state: by 9 A.M.
From The Purple Cloud by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
Their eyes met, and in hers there was a queerish expression.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
