单词 | quirkiness |
释义 | quirkinessn. The quality of being quirky, esp. in terms of character, behaviour, etc.; peculiarity; eccentricity; unexpectedness. ΘΚΠ 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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