資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Queer \Queer\, a. [Compar. {Queerer}; superl. {Queerest}.] [G.
   quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow),
   {OHG}. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS,
   [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart,
   transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry, and perh. to L.
   torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. {Torture}, {Through},
   {Thwart}, a.]
   1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in
      some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;
      strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. `` A queer
      look.'' --W. Irving.

   2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
      transaction. [Colloq.]