quirkiness

quirk

 (kwûrk)

n.

1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.

3. A sudden sharp turn or twist: a quirk of the head.

4. Architecture A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.

5. Archaic An equivocation; a quibble.

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quirk′i·ly adv.

quirk′i·ness n.

quirk′y adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quirkiness - a strange attitude or habit queerness, quirk, oddity, crotchet strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known

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quirkiness

noun

Peculiar behavior:

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, singularity.

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Translations

quirkiness

[ˈkwɜːkɪnɪs] N → rareza f

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quirkiness

[ˈkwɜː^rkinɪs] n [person] → originalité f; [behaviour] → caractère m inattendu

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quirkiness

n → Schrulligkeit f

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