queer
queer [queer queers queered queering queerer queerest] adjective, noun, verb BrE [kwɪə(r)] NAmE [kwɪr]
adjective (queer·er, queer·est)
1. (old-fashioned)strange or unusual
Syn: ↑odd
•His face was a queer pink colour.
•She had a queer feeling that she was being watched.
2. (taboo, slang)an offensive way of describing a ↑homosexual, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some homosexuals about themselves
see an odd/a queer fish at ↑fish n.
Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
Example Bank:
•I was beginning to feel very queer.
•It all sounds a bit queer to me.
Idioms: ↑queer somebody's pitch ▪ ↑queer the pitch
noun (taboo, slang)
an offensive word for a ↑homosexual, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some homosexuals about themselves
Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
verb
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.
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