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queerness

noun

Etymology

From queer + -ness.

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to turn, twist, wind”
  2. derived from *þwerhaz✻
  3. derived from *þwerh✻
  4. derived from thwerh
  5. formed as queerness — “queer + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being queer or odd.

  2. Something queer

    Something queer; an oddity.

  3. Homosexuality.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

      • My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for queerness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA