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{ "etymology_text": "Variant of queer.", "forms": [ { "form": "quarer", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "quarest", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "er" }, "expansion": "quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "quare impedit" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Appalachian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Irish English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "67 33", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "61 13 6 6 7 7", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "57 20 5 5 6 6", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "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" } ], "glosses": [ "Queer, strange." ], "id": "en-quare-en-adj-F2-Oxs0O", "links": [ [ "Queer", "queer" ], [ "strange", "strange" ] ], "qualifier": "Ottawa Valley", "raw_glosses": [ "(dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange." ], "tags": [ "Appalachia", "Ireland", "dated" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Irish English", "parents": [], "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." ], "raw_tags": [ "used for emphasis" ], "tags": [ "Ireland" ] } ], "word": "quare" }
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