quizmaster (kwizmaster)

The teacher or leader of a quiz-cla . Compare quiz1, n., 4. quizzer (kwiz'er), n. One who quizzes others, or makes them the object of banter or raillery. quizzery (kwiz'er-i), n.; pl. quizzeries (-iz). [ Of Mrs. Carlyle's quizzeries , he [Sterling] thinks she puts them forth as such evident fictions that they cannot mislead with reference to the character of others. Caroline Fox , Journal, p. 133. quizzical (kwiz'i-kal), a . [ quiz1 + -ic- al .] Characteristic of a quiz; bantering; teasing; shy; queer: as, a quizzical look or remark. I believe you have taken such a fancy to the old quizzi cal fellow that you can't live without him. Mi Edge worth , Be linda, ix. ( Davies .) quizzicality (kwiz-i-kal'i-ti), n. [ quizzical + -ity .] The quality of being quizzical; a quizzical look or remark. The poor Duke, with the old quizzicality in his little face, declared Carlyle , in Froude, II. noblest purposes have perhaps been oftener stayed by the devil under the name of Quixotism than any other base name or false allegation. Ruskin, Lectures on Architecture and Painting, ii. quixotry (kwik's ot-ri), n. [ Quixote (see quix otic) +-ry.] Quixotism; visionary notions or undertakings. Many persons will... consider it as a piece of Quix otry in M'Intyre to give you a meeting [in a duel) while your character and circumstances are involved in such obscurity. Scott , Antiquary, xx. quiz1 (kwiz), n.; pl. quizzes (kwiz'ez). [Orig. slang; perhaps a made word, based on ques tion (with which it is vaguely a ociated), or (as a school term) on the L. quæso, I ask: see quese, quest1. No reliance is to be placed on the various anecdotes which purport to give the origin of the word.] 1. A puzzling question; something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.-2. One who quizzes.-3. One who or that which is obnoxious to ridicule or quizzing; a queer or ridiculous person or thing. Where did you get that quiz of a hat? it makes you look like an old witch. Jane Austen, North anger Abbey, p. 33. 'Twas the Queen dre ed her; you know what a figure she used to make of herself with her odd manner of dre ing herself; but mamma said, "Now really. Prince Royal, this one time is the last, and I cannot suffer you to make such a quiz of yourself.".. The word quiz, you may depend, was never the Queen's. Mme . D'Arblay , Diary (1797), VI. 138. (Davies.) 4. An oral questioning of a student or cla by a teacher, conducted with the object of communicating instruction and preparing for some examination: as, the surgery quiz ; the practice quiz . [Colloq.] -5. A collection of notes made by a student from a profe or's lectures, especially when printed for the use of other students. [Colloq.]-6. A monocular eye-gla , with or without a handle; a quizzing-gla . quiz1 (kwiz), v.; pret. and pp. quizzed , ppr. quizzing. [ The zeal for quizzing him grew le and le As he grew richer. Halleck, Fanny. or bantering manner; with playful slyne . "Look here," said one of them, quizzically, "Ogden, have you lived all your life in every house in Crofield and in Mertonville and everywhere?" St. Nicholas, XVII. 611. quizzification (kwiz"i-fi-kāʻshon), n. [ After all, my dear, the whole may be a quizzification of Sir Philip's-and yet he gave me such a minute description of her person! Mi Edge worth , Be linda, xi. ( Davies .) quizzify (kwiz'i-fi), v . t .; pret. and pp. quizzi fied , ppr. quizzifying . [ The caxon quizzifies the figure, and thereby mars the effect of what would otherwise have been a pleasing as well as appropriate design. Southey, The Doctor, cxii. ( Davies .) quizzine (kwiz'i-nes), n. Oddne ; eccentricity. His singularities and affectation of affectation always struck me; but both these and his spirit of satire are mere quizzine . Mme . D'Arblay , Diary, VI. 187. (Davies.) quizzing (kwiz'ing), n. [Verbal n. of quiz1 , v.] Banter; raillery; teasing.