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单词 quirked
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quirkedadj.

Brit. /kwəːkt/, U.S. /kwərkt/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quirk n.1, -ed suffix2; quirk n.1, -ed suffix2; quirk v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Originally apparently < quirk n.1 + -ed suffix2. In later use partly < quirk n.1 + -ed suffix2, and partly < quirk v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Architecture. Furnished with or having a quirk (quirk n.1 9).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding
bowtelled?1578
bolectioned1693
reconciling1754
zigzag1765
quirked1774
reeded1801
nebule1823
studded1838
nail-headed1842
stuck1850
keeleda1878
1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. 123 Large quirked o-gees, with various carvings.
1798 Weekly Museum 5 May 140 (advt.) For sale at J. Harrison's Book Store..The Country Builder's Assistant, fully explaining, the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 162 A moulding denominated a Quirked Ovolo.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 567 The cylindrical part is called a bead, and the sinking a quirk; the whole combination..being called a quirked bead.
1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 379 The quirked ogee from the arch of Constantine.
1970 Art Bull. 52 381/2 The overall form resembles a quirked torus.
1991 Gesta 30 165/2 A change in the design of the string-course, from billet in the east to a quirked, hollow chamfer in the west.
2. Of the mouth, eyebrow, etc.: set into a particular position by quirking; bent; curved.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted
writhen?a1425
girning1447
mowinga1529
writhed1568
mumping1594
antic1595
frowned1598
screwed1609
sour1611
wreathed1645
fluish1674
working1717
screwed-up1728
frownful1771
grimacing1804
quirked1931
1931 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 9 Apr. 2/6 At one corner of the full-lipped mouth was a strip of surgeon's plaster, which twisted the man's face into an oddly quirked smile.
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. vii. 619 Her eyes searched his face, to find no betrayal but a quirked eyebrow which started to rise, and did not.
1993 L. Darcy Private Arrangem. iii. 48 She caught the raised eyebrow and quirked corner of his mouth as he said, ‘I'm impressed!’ and couldn't help smiling smugly.
2004 OC Weekly (Nexis) 3 Dec. 106 The slightly quirked ironic eyebrows, the..deployment of which have unfortunately given me a..forehead beyond my tender years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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