quizzacious

quizzacious

English

Etymology

quiz +‎ -acious, derived from the verb quiz (“to mock”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈzeɪʃəs/

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Adjective

quizzacious (comparative more quizzacious, superlative most quizzacious)

1. (rare) Mocking or satirical.
   • c. 1792, Jeremy Bentham, A letter

     I […] made a little quizzacious attack upon the bishop, which he took very well, — no offence in the slightest degree.

   • 2012, Phil Cousineau, The Painted Word:

     The quizzacious Cousineau has also written or co-written eighteen documentary films and contributed to forty-two other books.

   • 2021, Ian Tinny, Black Sun:

     The quizzacious impact would increase by pairing Mao's pic with his pal Stalin's portrait, and then adding Stalin's pal Hitler on the same paper currency.