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单词 quirkiness
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quirkinessn.

Brit. /ˈkwəːkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkwərkinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quirky adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < quirky adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being quirky, esp. in terms of character, behaviour, etc.; peculiarity; eccentricity; unexpectedness.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness
oddness1611
queerity1711
particularity1712
whimsicalness1715
oddity1739
queerness1748
whimsicality1761
singularity1768
quizzity1788
eccentricity1794
quizziness1798
queerishness1803
fantasticness1825
rumness1840
weirdness1869
quirkiness1870
rumminess1872
whimsiness1909
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour
fantasticnessc1550
irregularship1577
fantasticalness1581
inconformity1594
irregularity1598
unconformitya1600
excess1709
eccentricity1794
quizziness1798
unconventionality1854
unconventionalism1868
deviation1912
deviance1944
deviancy1954
way-outness1961
quirkiness1971
1870 Sat. Falkirk Herald 12 Mar. It [sc. a bill brought before Parliament] bore upon its very face a plain appearance of quirkiness and dishonesty; for to begin with, it was deliberately misnamed for the purpose of deluding the unwary.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 355 All the..pieces of quirkiness which one sees, are things which I have rarely if ever found in old work.
1921 Mansfield (Ohio) News 28 Feb. 6/5 ‘I beg your pardon, mother,’ I said with an involuntary smile at her quirkiness.
1963 R. Angell in New Yorker 25 May 141/1 They also missed the last, tastiest bit of Met quirkiness.
1971 Record (Oxf. Univ. Press) Dec. 1/2 He enjoyed anecdotes of human quirkiness and folly.
1991 OnSat 21 Apr. 9/1 ‘Northern Exposure’, a show renowned for its quirkiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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