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queery

queery adjective: queer; curious; strange.

Adjective

queery (comparative more queery, superlative most queery)

  1. (colloquial, dated, regional) Queer; curious; strange.
    • It air a queery lookin' plant, appearin' more like a church steeple than a tree.1866, Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas, page 102

Noun

queery (plural queeries)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A homosexual.
    • A boy was sitting by himself, and all the other schoolboys were jolly and happy and suddenly one of them said: 'Ugh, don't sit beside him. He's a queery. He's a queery.'2006, Ben Summerskill, The Way We Are Now: Gay and Lesbian Lives in the 21st Century, page 132

Forms of queery

Adjective
comparativemore queery
superlativemost queery
alternative formqueerie
Noun
pluralqueeries

Origin of queery

From queer + -y.

Questions about queery

What does queery mean?
Queery means queer; curious; strange.
What part of speech is queery?
Queery can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near queery in the dictionary

  1. queersome
  2. queerspawn
  3. queerspeak
  4. queersploitation
  5. QueerTok
  6. queery
  7. queest
  8. queesting
  9. queests
  10. Queets
  11. queezy

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