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differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.

Rather queer; somewhat singular.

In a queer or odd manner.

The quality or state of being queer.

See Pickeer. [R.]

See Pickeerer. [R.]

A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman. [Contemptuous, Slang or Dial.]

A person of queer looks or dress. Dickens.

Queer; eccentric; crotchety. [Colloq. U.S.]

The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne.

In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. "A figure a little more oddly turned." Locke. A great black substance,... very oddly shaped. Swift.

A pagoda. [R.] "Or some queer pagod." Pope.

A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.]

A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.

A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person. Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign. Bramston. What droll puts the citizens seem in it all. F. Harrison.

To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] Dickens.