"quare" meaning in English

See quare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: quarer [comparative], quarest [superlative]
Etymology: Variant of queer. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)
  1. (dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange. Tags: Appalachia, Ireland, dated
    Sense id: en-quare-en-adj-F2-Oxs0O Categories (other): Appalachian English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 13 6 6 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 20 5 5 6 6
  2. (Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great. Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-quare-en-adj-Jleoqz-0 Categories (other): Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quare impedit

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Variant of queer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quarer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quarest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60:",
          "text": "Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      "qualifier": "Ottawa Valley",
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        "(dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange."
      ],
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        "Appalachia",
        "Ireland",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lot of, very, great."
      ],
      "id": "en-quare-en-adj-Jleoqz-0",
      "links": [
        [
          "A lot of",
          "a lot of"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great."
      ],
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        "used for emphasis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "quare"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of queer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quarer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quarest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
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    }
  ],
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        "English dated terms",
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          "text": "I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60:",
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        }
      ],
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        "Queer, strange."
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          "strange",
          "strange"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Ottawa Valley",
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        "(dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange."
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        "Ireland",
        "dated"
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      ],
      "examples": [
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        "A lot of, very, great."
      ],
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          "A lot of",
          "a lot of"
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        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great."
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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