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quirky

adj
/ˈkwɜːki/UK

Etymology

From quirk + -y.

  1. derived from kvirkja — “to choke, strangle”
  2. inherited from querken
  3. derived from *gʷerh₃-✻ — “to devour; maw”
  4. derived from *kwerkō✻ — “throat, gullet”
  5. derived from kverk — “a bend or angle, especially below a cross-beam or below the chin, the bight of an axe", also "throat, gullet”
  6. inherited from *querk✻
  7. suffixed as quirky — “quirk + y”

Definitions

  1. Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies

    Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.

    • She has a quirky laugh.

The neighborhood

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