quirk
noun/kwɜːk/
/kwɜːrk/
- an aspect of somebody’s personality or behaviour that is a little strange synonym peculiarity
- Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
Extra Examples- It was a remarkable quirk in his otherwise orderly character.
- Perhaps it's some quirk in your nature that makes you behave like that.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
- a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
- By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
- an unpredictable quirk of history
Extra Examples- The system has some odd little quirks.
- as a result of some quirk in the social order
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- personality
- odd
- …
- have
- by a quirk of
- quirk in
- a quirk of fate
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble’, later ‘unexpected twist’.
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