quare

/ kwɛə /

adjective

1. remarkable or strange

   a quare fellow

2. great or good

   you're in a quare mess

Word History and Origins

Origin of quare¹

probably variant of queer

Example Sentences

My gog, but it’ll be a quare scowderment at the Day of Judgment when they come tumblin’ up in their death-sarks, all jouped together an’ tryin’ to drag their tombsteans with them to prove how good they was; some of them trimmlin’ and ditherin’, with their hands that dozzened an’ slippy from lyin’ in the sea that they can’t even keep their grup o’ them.”

From Literature

In a similar spirit, “Quare Dance,” a project she plans to develop further, embraces all the layers of her identity.

From New York Times

The main setting is a female prison inspired by “The Auld Triangle,” the song from Brendan Behan’s play “The Quare Fellow,” most recently re-popularized by the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

From New York Times

In fact, average B-class office space surpasses its Silicon Valley counterpart, which rents for under $46 pers quare foot.

From Forbes

"Probable quare" still makes me laugh.

From The Guardian