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queerious

queerious adjective: queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre.

Adjective

queerious (comparative more queerious, superlative most queerious)

  1. Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre.
    • Some said it was Aquarius,so queerious he'd get;
      But he declar'd no soda-hack should ever share his whet;
      His burnish'd sun was sol-o, soul-heart'ning was his cheer,
      And quaffing of good porter long kept him from his bier,
      As draughtsman he'd no equal,[…]1825, Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The Spirit of the Public Journals ...: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits ... that Appear in the Newspapers...
    • ... queerious but very cozy corners , we assure you , and really it is a delightful place to be in , and it is growing bigger every day. ' "But the King does not want us to come back. We hear that he has become quite as grave as the[…]1882, Jessie Margaret E. Saxby, Snow Dreams, Or, Funny Fancies for Little Folks, Edinburgh : Johnstone, Hunter, page 37

Forms of queerious

comparativemore queerious
superlativemost queerious

Origin of queerious

Blend of queer + curious.

Questions about queerious

What does queerious mean?
Queerious means queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre.
What part of speech is queerious?
Queerious is an adjective.

Words near queerious in the dictionary

  1. queerifying
  2. queering
  3. queering someone's pitch
  4. queering up
  5. queerings
  6. queerious
  7. queerish
  8. queerishly
  9. queerishness
  10. queerism
  11. queerities

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