queer
HomosexualHomosexual.
» There's nowt as queer as folk.
So etwas kommt vor.
Meaning
6 senses(colloquial, derogatory, sometimes)Homosexual.
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
(colloquial, derogatory, sometimes)Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
(broadly)Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
the queer community
(dated, humorous, often)Strange, odd, or different; whimsical.
(UK, dated, informal)Slightly unwell.
I felt queer after eating those shrimp.
(UK, dated, slang)Drunk.
Examples
55 sentencesThere's nowt as queer as folk.
deSo etwas kommt vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Are you as queer as I am?
He had a queer expression on his face.
ruУ него было нелепое выражение лица. — akrav
She was getting used to queer things happening.
deSie gewöhnte sich allmählich daran, dass seltsame Dinge passierten. — Tamy
A queer person is not a conversation piece.
Translations
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Origin
Attested since about 1510, at first in Scots. Usually taken to be from Middle Low German (Attested since about 1510, at first in Scots. Usually taken to be from Middle Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer (“oblique, off-centre”) or the related German quer (“diagonal”), from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-West Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn, twist, wind”); compare Latin torqueō, and see more at thwart. The OED argues against this due to the semantic differences and the date at which the word appears in Scots.
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queerer, queerestSynonyms
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