quare
adjEtymology Variant of queer.
1
Appalachia, Ireland, Dated Queer, strange.
- I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.
- Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work.1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60:
2
Ireland, Used for emphasis A lot of, very, great.
- He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.
- Related terms
- quare impedit