[responsivevoice] quirk [/responsivevoice] [ kwurk ]
The word of the day is ‘quirk.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Oddity of personality
2. Way of doing something
3. A peculiar aspect of a person’s character or behaviour.
4. Habit
1. Hindi – Mod
2. Spanish – Capricho
3. French – Bizarrerie
4. Mandarin – Guàipǐ
1. There was the quirk in her brain; we all have a quirk somewhere, and that was hers.
2. I’ve thought of every possibility, every possible crook and quirk of this business.
3. Through his thoughts, a quirk of memory ran like a tongue of flame.
4. Was it the strong connection of contrast, or was it a quirk of my brain?
5. They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
aberration, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, kink, mannerism, peculiarity, trait, twist, vagary, caprice, conceit, crotchet, equivocation, fancy, fetish, humour, irregularity, knack, quibble, singularity, subterfuge, turn, whim, whimsy, oddity, notion, feature, obsession, fad, singularity etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
normality, usualness, inability
Quotation:
However, my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
J. K. Rowling
Social Example:
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