queerness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... strangenessoddnesspeculiarityeccentricityoddityunconventionality ↔ Opposites normalityordinarinessconventionality Word family Related forms queerqueerly Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown