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quizzism

quizzism noun: the act or habit of quizzing.

Noun

quizzism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act or habit of quizzing.
    • What quizzism could he have been afraid of, adopting the language of the hero victors? Lord Burleigh had not this fear when he made his reply to Walsingham.1838, Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce, The life of William Wilberforce: Volume 3, page 241
    • Look intelligent, penetrating, and vivacious, with a shade of quizzism, and, at times, of severity.1865, Mariano Aguirre de Venero, New system of physiognomony, ^([sic])

Origin of quizzism

From quiz + -ism.

Questions about quizzism

What does quizzism mean?
Quizzism means the act or habit of quizzing.
What part of speech is quizzism?
Quizzism is a noun.

Words near quizzism in the dictionary

  1. quizzing glass
  2. quizzing glasses
  3. quizzingly
  4. quizzings
  5. quizzish
  6. quizzism
  7. quizzity
  8. quizzle
  9. quizzy
  10. Quiévrechain
  11. Qujing

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