queerness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈkwɪrnəs/ UK /ˈkwɪənəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being strange, odd, or unconventional

There was a queerness about the silent, empty village.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... strangeness oddness peculiarity eccentricity oddityunconventionality

Opposites

normality ordinariness conventionality

Word family

Related forms queerqueerly

Etymology

From queer + -ness; queer is of uncertain origin, perhaps from German quer ('oblique, crosswise, perverse'), from Old High German twerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz.

quer Middle English *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# queerness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkwɪrnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɪənəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being strange, odd, or unconventional

## Examples
- There was a queerness about the silent, empty village.

## Synonyms
- strangeness
- oddness
- peculiarity
- eccentricity
- oddity
- unconventionality

## Antonyms
- normality
- ordinariness
- conventionality

## Related Forms
- queer
- queerly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quer
- Root: *þwerhaz

## Etymology
From queer + -ness; queer is of uncertain origin, perhaps from German quer ('oblique, crosswise, perverse'), from Old High German twerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz.

## AI Etymology
Queerness is from queer + -ness; queer is of uncertain origin, perhaps from German quer ('oblique, crosswise, perverse'), from Old High German twerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz. Important recorded forms include quer (German) and *þwerhaz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. Its earlier history remains partly uncertain, so the etymological chain is best treated cautiously. In current use it covers the quality of being strange, odd, or unconventional. The wider family includes related words such as queer and queerly.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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