queerest

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queerest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Queer \Queer\ (kw[=e]r), a. [Compar. Queerer (kw[=e]r"[~e]r);
     superl. Queerest.] [G. quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf.
     querkopf a queer fellow), OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to
     D. dvars, AS, [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel.
     [thorn]verr thwart, transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry,
     and perh. to L. torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf.
     Torture, Through, Thwart, a.]
     1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in
        some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;
        strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer
        look." --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
        transaction. [Colloq.]
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     3. homosexual. [disparaging and offensive]
        [PJC]