queersome

English

Etymology

From queer +‎ -some.

Adjective

queersome (comparative more queersome, superlative most queersome)

1. Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd
   • 2010, Terry C. Johnston, Dance on the Wind:

     “A queersome breed of spiritualist, to my way of thinking, young man. One who summons communication from the dead, who make knocking sounds from the world beyond.”

   • 2013, Leif Herrgesell, Indians, Rogues and Giants:

     “Oh, one more thing, sir, I found this queersome. She said Lieutenant Mull sent her? I don't understand it though. He's not due from Virginia for another fortnight.”

   • 2014, Michelle Lovric, The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters:

     Then we would rise to see his eyes crooked with a queersome madness and his fingers still aflitter.

   • 2014, Nicole R. Dickson, Here and Again:

     A great victory is made and, with it, a devastating loss. We, Stonewall's Brigade, must now follow another. Our commander, queersome yet brilliant, has died, shot by his own men as he audaciously sought to continue battle under a full moon.