ABSTRACT
queer \‘kwir\ adj [origin unknown] (1508) 1 : a WORTHLESS, COUNTERFEIT <~ money> b : QUESTIONABLE, SUSPICIOUS 2 a : differing in some way from what is usual or normal b: (1) ECCENTRIC, UNCONVENTIONAL (2) mildly insane : TOUCHED c : absorbed or interested to an extreme or unreasonable degree : OBSESSED d : HOMOSEXUAL—usu. used disparagingly 3: not quite well syn see STRANGE—queer•ish \ish\ adj-—queer•ly adv ^— queer•ness n
