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queer

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Synonyms: queen, queef, queek, quer, queuer, queeb, quee, queed, queeg, queem, queet

Antonyms: queen, queef, queek, quer, queuer, queeb, quee, queed, queeg, queem, queet

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Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|colloquial|sometimes|pejorative}} {{U|homosexual}}. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
  2. {{lb|en|colloquial|sometimes|pejorative}} {{U|non-heterosexual}} or [[non-cisgender]]: [[homosexual]], [[bisexual]], [[asexual]], [[transgender]], etc.
  3. {{lb|en|broadly}} Pertaining to [[sexual]] or [[gender]] behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional [[heterosexual]] or [[cisgender]] norms, assumptions etc. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
  4. {{lb|en|dated|now often humorous}} {{U|strange}}, [[odd]]{{,}} or [[different]]; [[whimsical]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  5. {{lb|en|Britain|informal|dated}} Slightly [[unwell]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
  6. {{lb|en|Britain|slang|dated}} {{U|drunk}}.

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|colloquial|sometimes|pejorative}} A person who is or [[appear]]s [[homosexual]], or who has homosexual [[quality|qualities]].
  2. {{lb|en|colloquial|sometimes|pejorative}} A person of any non-[[heterosexual]] [[sexuality]] or [[sexual]] [[identity]].
  3. {{lb|en|colloquial|sometimes|pejorative}} A person of any [[genderqueer]] [[identity]].
  4. {{lb|en|with definite article|informal|archaic}} {{U|counterfeit}} [[money]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[render]] an endeavor or agreement [[ineffective]] or [[null]].
  2. {{lb|en|UK|dialect|dated}} To [[puzzle]].<ref>{{R:Webster 1913}}</ref>
  3. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} To [[ridicule]]; to [[banter]]; to [[rally]].
  4. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} To [[spoil]] the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
  5. {{lb|en|social science}} To [[reevaluate]] or [[reinterpret]] (a work) with an eye to [[sexual orientation]] and/or to [[gender]], as by applying [[queer theory]].
  6. {{lb|en|slang|LGBTQ|neologism}} To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.

Adverb

  1. {{U|queerly}}.
  2. {{lb|en|Ireland}} [[very|Very]], [[extremely]].<ref name="Dolan1">{{cite-book |en |last=Dolan |first=Terence Patrick |authorlink=Terence Dolan |title=A Dictionary of Hiberno English: The Irish Use of English |year=2006 |publisher={{w|Gill Books}} |location={{w|Dublin}} |isbn=978-0717190201 |page=187 |edition=2nd |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofhibe0000dola/page/186/ |accessdate=6 June 2023 |chapter=Q}}</ref>

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