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quirkish

quirkish adjective: characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.

Adjective

quirkish (comparative more quirkish, superlative most quirkish)

  1. (archaic) Characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.

Forms of quirkish

comparativemore quirkish
superlativemost quirkish

Origin of quirkish

From quirk + -ish.

Questions about quirkish

What does quirkish mean?
Quirkish means characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.
What part of speech is quirkish?
Quirkish is an adjective.

Words near quirkish in the dictionary

  1. quirkiest
  2. quirkily
  3. quirkiness
  4. quirkinesses
  5. quirking
  6. quirkish
  7. quirkle
  8. quirkles
  9. quirkless
  10. quirks
  11. quirks mode

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