quirkiness

UK: /ˈkwɜː^rkinɪs/

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quirk /kwɜrk/  n. [countable]

1. an odd habit, trait, or example of behavior:
   He had this quirk of suddenly turning his back on the person he was talking to.
2. an accident;
   vagary:
   a cruel quirk of fate.

quirk•i•ness, n. [uncountable]

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quirk•y /ˈkwɜrki/  adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

1. odd, peculiar, or strange:
   a quirky smile; a quirky little sidestreet.

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quirk  (kwûrk), n. 

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
   • an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces.
   • an area taken from a larger area, as a room or a plot of ground.
   • an enclosure for this area.
6. [Obs.] a clever or witty remark;
   quip.

adj. 

7. Architecture formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.

• origin, originally uncertain 1540–50

Synonyms

• 1. . See eccentricity. 

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quirk•y  (kwûr′kē), adj., quirk•i•er, quirk•i•est. 

1. having or full of quirks.

• quirk + -y¹ 1800–10

quirk′i•ly, adv. 
quirk′i•ness, n.