quirkishadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwəːkɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkwərkɪʃ/

Forms: see quirk n.¹ and -ish suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quirk n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < quirk n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier quirking adj.¹

†1. Of the nature of a quirk (quirk n.¹ 1a); quibbling. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective]

quidifical1542

quidditative1611

quibbling1624

quirkish1673

chicaning1698

quibbing1760

quibbly1895

1673 [see quirkishly adv. at Derivatives].

a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) ii. 44 A smart answer,..a quirkish reason.

1882 E. P. Hood in Leisure Hour Apr. 227 He sets forth a number of quirkish reasons.

2. Eccentric, idiosyncratic; erratic, random; = quirky adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd

quaintc1325

awkc1440

queer?a1513

odd1578

quaintish1594

odd-conceiteda1616

odd-ceited1652

whimsical1675

singulara1684

eccentric1685

oddish1705

rummish1709

comical1713

odd-like1718

rum1750

queerish1775

funny1793

quare1805

rummy1828

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quirkish1848

quirky1873

odd-gates1906

funny-peculiar1916

antrin1925

off-brand1929

fanciful-

1848 H. N. Hudson Lect. on Shakespeare I. vii. 284 Her dreams are made up of cunning, quirkish, graceful fancies.

1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iv. xxviii. 547 Scarce timely in its unconstraint Was the droll Mexican's quirkish air And humorous turn of hintings quaint.

1938 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 28 May 1/1 Professor Frank's major thesis..was startlingly similar to the president's. It differed only in a few quirkish non essentials.

1972 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 14/7 Is this because their leader..succumbed less frequently to his quirkish approach to notes by deviously subtle routes that so often misfire?

1991 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 10 Mar. 18/6 My friend combines a perceptive, quirkish wit with the artist's eye for colour, composition and detail.

Derivatives

ˈquirkishly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously

unstaidly1556

fantastically1567

humorously1593

skittishly1598

fantasticly1599

garishly1606

humoursomely1653

whimsily1654

quirkishly1673

peevishlya1680

whimsically1711

fancifully1741

capriciously1746

flightily1780

erratically1861

tricksily1866

vagariously1892

quirkily1926

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > oddly

odd1603

oddlya1616

quirkishly1673

queerly1698

singularly1752

quarely1805

rumly1819

funnily1837

peculiarly1847

funny1852

rummily1891

quirkily1926

off1966

1673 J. Eachard Some Opinions Mr Hobbs Considered 51 You shall see 'tis so querkishly and ignorantly said, that a very fresh-man..would have been asham'd to have been guilty of such a gross errour.

1956 Austin (Texas) Amer. 28 Jan. 4/7 The local man..concluded quirkishly: ‘The press can't hardly find your kind any more’.

2000 H. M. A. Keens-Soper Europe in World iii. 63 The laws that protect property, persons and contracts, without which buying and selling would be quirkishly risky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quirkish
释义	quirkishadj. Brit. /ˈkwəːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkwərkɪʃ/ Forms: see quirk n.¹ and -ish suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quirk n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < quirk n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier quirking adj.¹ †1. Of the nature of a quirk (quirk n.¹ 1a); quibbling. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective] quidifical1542 quidditative1611 quibbling1624 quirkish1673 chicaning1698 quibbing1760 quibbly1895 1673 [see quirkishly adv. at Derivatives]. a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) ii. 44 A smart answer,..a quirkish reason. 1882 E. P. Hood in Leisure Hour Apr. 227 He sets forth a number of quirkish reasons. 2. Eccentric, idiosyncratic; erratic, random; = quirky adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd quaintc1325 awkc1440 queer?a1513 odd1578 quaintish1594 odd-conceiteda1616 odd-ceited1652 whimsical1675 singulara1684 eccentric1685 oddish1705 rummish1709 comical1713 odd-like1718 rum1750 queerish1775 funny1793 quare1805 rummy1828 kinky1844 quirkish1848 quirky1873 odd-gates1906 funny-peculiar1916 antrin1925 off-brand1929 fanciful- 1848 H. N. Hudson Lect. on Shakespeare I. vii. 284 Her dreams are made up of cunning, quirkish, graceful fancies. 1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iv. xxviii. 547 Scarce timely in its unconstraint Was the droll Mexican's quirkish air And humorous turn of hintings quaint. 1938 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 28 May 1/1 Professor Frank's major thesis..was startlingly similar to the president's. It differed only in a few quirkish non essentials. 1972 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 14/7 Is this because their leader..succumbed less frequently to his quirkish approach to notes by deviously subtle routes that so often misfire? 1991 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 10 Mar. 18/6 My friend combines a perceptive, quirkish wit with the artist's eye for colour, composition and detail. Derivatives ˈquirkishly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously unstaidly1556 fantastically1567 humorously1593 skittishly1598 fantasticly1599 garishly1606 humoursomely1653 whimsily1654 quirkishly1673 peevishlya1680 whimsically1711 fancifully1741 capriciously1746 flightily1780 erratically1861 tricksily1866 vagariously1892 quirkily1926 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > oddly odd1603 oddlya1616 quirkishly1673 queerly1698 singularly1752 quarely1805 rumly1819 funnily1837 peculiarly1847 funny1852 rummily1891 quirkily1926 off1966 1673 J. Eachard Some Opinions Mr Hobbs Considered 51 You shall see 'tis so querkishly and ignorantly said, that a very fresh-man..would have been asham'd to have been guilty of such a gross errour. 1956 Austin (Texas) Amer. 28 Jan. 4/7 The local man..concluded quirkishly: ‘The press can't hardly find your kind any more’. 2000 H. M. A. Keens-Soper Europe in World iii. 63 The laws that protect property, persons and contracts, without which buying and selling would be quirkishly risky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1673
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