Queer, a.

adjective

a. [compar. QUEERER; superl. QUEEREST.] [N. H. Ger. queer, quer, cross, oblique, athwart, M. & O. H. Ger. twer, A-S. thweor, thweorh, Icel. thver, Goth. thwairhs, N. H. Ger. querkopf, a queer fellow. Cf. THWART.] Going athwart what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; quaint; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. “Gave a queer look about the room.” W. Irving.