quirkest
noun
1.
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
2.
a shift, subterfuge, or evasion; quibble.
3.
a sudden twist or turn: He lost his money by a quirk of fate.
4.
a flourish or showy stroke, as in writing.
5.
Architecture.
a.
an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces.
b.
an area taken from a larger area, as a room or a plot of ground.
c.
an enclosure for this area.
adjective
7.
formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.
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quirk (kwɜːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible |
| 2. | an unexpected twist or turn: a quirk of fate |
| 3. | a continuous groove in an architectural moulding |
| 4. | a flourish, as in handwriting |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
| 'quirky | |
| —adj | |
| 'quirkily | |
| —adv | |
| 'quirkiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
quirk
1560s, "quibble, evasion," of unknown origin, perhaps connected to Ger. quer (see queer) via notion of twisting and slanting; but its earliest appearance in western England dialect seems to argue against this source. Perhaps originally a technical term for a twist or flourish
in weaving. Sense of "peculiarity" is c.1600.
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