queery

adj, noun — 2 senses

queery

adj

Etymology From queer + -y.

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:

queery

noun

Etymology From queer + -y.

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:

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