quirknoun [ C ]
uk/kwɜːk/us/kwɝːk/an unusual habit or part of someone's personality, or something that is strange and unexpected:
You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
There is a quirk in the rules that allows you to invest money without paying tax.
By some strange quirk/By an odd quirk of fate (= unexpectedly), we ended up on the same train.
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Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded
- alter ego
- beauty
- beauty is only skin deep idiom
- better nature
- character
- cognitive
- ego
- inwardly
- Jungian
- mental
- mental age
- mentality
- penny
- quality
- rational
- self
- spirit
- unconscious
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