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Synonyms for queering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kweer
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪər

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Définition of queering

Origin :
  • c.1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique," from PIE root *terkw- "to turn, twist, wind" (see thwart (adv.)).
  • Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994.
  • As in mar : verb hurt, damage
  • As in quell : verb defeat, suppress
  • As in screw up : verb make a mess of
  • As in thwart : verb stop, hinder
  • As in undo : verb nullify, invalidate
  • As in circumvent : verb fool, mislead
  • As in impair : verb harm, hinder

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