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noun
1.
an informal test or examination of a student or class.
2.
a questioning.
3.
a practical joke; a hoax.
4.
Chiefly British. an eccentric, often odd-looking person.
verb (used with object)
5.
to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions.
6.
to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects.
7.
Chiefly British. to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff.
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Quizzer
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Origin:
1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 for def. 1; origin uncertain
1775–85 in sense “odd person”; 1840–50 for def. 1; origin uncertain
Related forms
quiz·za·ble, adjective
quiz·zer, noun
un·quiz·za·ble, adjective
un·quizzed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
quiz
1847, quies, perhaps from L. qui es? "who are you?," first question in oral exams in L. in old-time grammar schools. Spelling quiz first recorded 1886, though it was in use as a noun from 1867, perhaps from apparently unrelated slang word quiz meaning "odd person" (1782, source of quizzical). The anecdote
EXPANDthat credits this word to a bet by the Dublin theater-manager Daly that he could coin a word is regarded by authorities as "doubtful" and the first record of it appears to be in 1836 (in Smart's "Walker Remodelled"; the story is omitted in the edition of 1840).
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