quirk
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or…An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
» Tom has his quirks.
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3 sensesAn idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
Schrulle, Marotte
причу́даpričúda, особенностьosobennostʹ, загоныzagony
An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
(archaic)A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
Examples
18 sentencesTom has his quirks.
That's just a quirk of his.
deDas ist nur so eine Eigenart von ihm. — Yorwba
Old people have their own quirks.
ruУ стариков свои причуды. — marafon
Every language has its own quirks.
ruУ каждого языка есть свои особенности. — odexed
deJede Sprache hat ihre eigenen Besonderheiten. — Esperantostern
It was just a quirk of fate.
deEs war nur eine Laune des Schicksals. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *querk, froFirst attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *querk, from Old Norse kverk (“a bend or angle, especially below a cross-beam or below the chin, the bight of an axe", also "throat, gullet”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour; maw”). Cognate with Scots querk (“throat", also "any hollow in the body, such as an armpit, groin, instep, etc.”), Icelandic kverk (“interior angle”). Also partially from dialectal quirk, querk (“a whim, fancy, fuss, huff, complaint", also "to peevishly grumble, grunt, sigh, croak, die”), from Middle English querken, *quirken (“to choke”), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to choke, strangle”), from the same origin above. Related to dialectal querken, quirken (“to choke”). Likely not related to queer.
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Forms
plural: quirksSynonyms
5 synonyms- a strange attitude or habit:oddityqueernessquirkinesscrotchet
Word family
9 related wordsSee also
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