queer
queer
adj.
P. and V. ἄ̆τοπος (Eur. Frag.); see strange.
adj.
P. and V. ἄ̆τοπος (Eur. Frag.); see strange.
QUEER
Vid: COMICAL.
Vid: COMICAL.
queer (and adv.): strange, used for
I. Ridiculously peculiar, ridiculus, ineptus, insolens, insulsus, (and advs.): cf.ABSURD : COMICAL : RIDICULOUS : Join, insolens aut ineptum, Cic. Or. 9, 29: a q. business, negotium ineptum, id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86: a q. fellow (vulg. "a q. fish"), insulsissimus homo, Cat. 17, 12. Also expr. by subs.: v. QUEERNESS . Adv.: to talk or act q.ly: cf. ineptissime fieri, Quint. 11, 3, 31.
II. In a bad sense: nēquam: you're a q. rascal, Join: malus et nequam es, Pl. Asin. 2, 2, 39.
I. Ridiculously peculiar, ridiculus, ineptus, insolens, insulsus, (and advs.): cf.
II. In a bad sense: nēquam: you're a q. rascal, Join: malus et nequam es, Pl. Asin. 2, 2, 39.