quirk
(noun) a narrow groove beside a beading
oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
(noun) a strange attitude or habit
quirk
(verb) twist or curve abruptly; “She quirked her head in a peculiar way”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin.
quirk (plural quirks)
an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone
(architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit
(archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
quirk (third-person singular simple present quirks, present participle quirking, simple past and past participle quirked)
(ambitransitive) To move with a wry jerk.
(transitive, architecture) To furnish with a quirk or channel.
(intransitive, archaic) To use verbal tricks or quibbles
Quirk
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Quirk, n. [Written also querk.] Etym: [Cf W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.]
1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. "Some quirk or . . . evasion." Spenser. We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks. Barrow.
2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] "Quirks of joy and grief." Shak.
3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.
4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. Pope.
5. (Building)
Definition: A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink. Gwilt.
6. (Arch.)
Definition: A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding. Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2025
(noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
