n
(uncountable) Bizarro fiction.
adv
In a burlesque manner.
adj
Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a caricature.
adv
(rare) In a chessic way; pertaining to chess.
n
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
n
(also attributive) Any person or character who displays quixotism.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Don Quixote.
adj
Alternative form of quixotic [Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.]
adj
Alternative form of quixotic [Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.]
adj
Strange, weird, fear-inspiring, especially in a shadowy or mysterious way.
n
(rare) facetious behavior
n
(rare) The quality or condition of being a farce.
n
(chiefly in the plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
n
(countable) Something funny; a quirky or amusing statement, mannerism, etc.
n
(literature) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.
n
(idiomatic) A quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.
adj
Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse.
n
The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
n
(medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
adj
Alternative form of humoristic [Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.]
n
(uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
n
Alternative form of humorism [(medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.]
n
(Britain) Alternative spelling of humorist [(medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.]
adj
Alternative spelling of humoristic [Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.]
adj
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
n
judgmental behaviour or attitude
n
The world of the surreal or bizarre.
n
quirky, eccentric behaviour
n
(rare, humorous) oddity, often used as a form of address.
adj
(humorous) Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
adj
behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
adj
(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.
n
An eccentricity; an odd feature.
adj
(rare, humorous) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering.
n
(archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
n
Synonym of twist of fate
adj
Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (born 1920), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach.
n
(Internet) A technique used by some web browsers to maintain backward compatibility with older web pages that do not comply with modern standards. When such a page is detected, it is rendered in the older, non-standard way.
adj
Characterised or marked by quirkiness.
adj
Alternative spelling of quisquous [(Scotland, rare) Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.]
adj
(Scotland, rare) Synonym of quisquous.
adj
Alternative spelling of quisquous [(Scotland, rare) Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.]
adj
Alternative spelling of quisquous [(Scotland, rare) Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.]
n
(rare) A quixotic person or sentiment.
n
A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
n
(obsolete) Oddity; eccentricity.
adj
(dated) Odd; eccentric.
adj
Obsolete form of quaint. [(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty.]
n
Alternative form of sadcom [(film) A sad comedy.]
adj
Obsolete form of sarcastic. [Containing sarcasm.]
adj
of or pertaining to satire
adj
Obsolete form of satiric. [of or pertaining to satire]
adj
Obsolete form of satiric. [of or pertaining to satire]
n
Alternative form of Tourettism [A tic or other behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.]
n
An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
adj
(Scotland) Strange, weird.
adj
Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
adj
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
n
(countable) something whimsical; a caprice.
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