queer
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Strange, odd, or different; whimsical.
- Slightly unwell.
- Drunk.
- Homosexual.
- Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
- Of or relating to the culture surrounding queer people.
Noun
- A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
- A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
- A person of any genderqueer identity.
- Counterfeit money.
Verb
- To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
- To puzzle.
- To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
- To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
- To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
Adverb
- Queerly.
- Very, extremely.
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