Queery

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A homosexual. derogatory, slang

    "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.'"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Queer; curious; strange. colloquial, dated, regional

    "It air a queery lookin' plant, appearin' more like a church steeple than a tree."

Example

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"It air a queery lookin' plant, appearin' more like a church steeple than a tree."

Etymology

From queer + -y.

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