homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness
(noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
(noun) a strange attitude or habit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
queerness (countable and uncountable, plural queernesses)
(uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.
(countable) Something queer; an oddity.
(uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
• (all): queerhood
• (state of being odd): abnormality, oddness, weirdness; see also strangeness
• (an oddity): deviance, irregularity, outlier; see also anomaly
• (state of not conforming to sexual norms): nonheterosexuality
• (state of not conforming to sexual norms): gayness, homosexuality
Source: Wiktionary
Queer"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being queer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2024
(noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
