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quizzacious

UK/kwɪˈzeɪʃəs/

quizzacious adjective: mocking or satirical.

Adjective

quizzacious (comparative more quizzacious, superlative most quizzacious)

  1. (rare) Mocking or satirical.
    • I […] made a little quizzacious attack upon the bishop, which he took very well, — no offence in the slightest degree.c. 1792, Jeremy Bentham, A letter
    • The quizzacious Cousineau has also written or co-written eighteen documentary films and contributed to forty-two other books.2012, Phil Cousineau, The Painted Word

Forms of quizzacious

comparativemore quizzacious
superlativemost quizzacious

Origin of quizzacious

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

Words formed from quizzacious

Questions about quizzacious

What does quizzacious mean?
Quizzacious means mocking or satirical.
What part of speech is quizzacious?
Quizzacious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce quizzacious?
Quizzacious is pronounced /kwɪˈzeɪʃəs/ (UK).

Words near quizzacious in the dictionary

  1. Quizons
  2. quizshow
  3. quizshows
  4. quizz
  5. quizzable
  6. quizzacious
  7. quizzaciously
  8. quizzed
  9. quizzee
  10. quizzees
  11. quizzer

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