quareEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishquare /kwɛː / ▸ adjective 1 Irish form of queer (sense 1 of the adjective):you've done some quare things yourself in your time. 2 Northern Irish English informal remarkable; excellent: he has a quare voice on him. ▪ notably large in size, amount, or extent: that's a quare lot of money. – PHRASES quare and Northern Irish English informal very; extremely: it'll be quare and awkward for us all.– ORIGIN early 19th century: representing an Irish pronunciation of queer.