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quizzity

quizzity noun: oddity; eccentricity.

Noun

quizzity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Oddity; eccentricity.
    • […] his height and proportion mighty slender, and well enough by nature, but fidgeted and noddled into an appearance not over prepossessing; nor are his sharp features and very sharp little eyes a whit behind them in quizzity.1811, The Scourge; or Monthly expositor, of imposture and folly, page 460
    • Let me add, John Leydon whom (in spite of his quizzity and several other qualities that are philosophically speaking no faults) the more I know, the more I admire.Quoted in: 1994, Francis Horner, Kenneth Bourne, William Banks Taylor, The Horner Papers (page 62)

Questions about quizzity

What does quizzity mean?
Quizzity means oddity; eccentricity.
What part of speech is quizzity?
Quizzity is a noun.

Words near quizzity in the dictionary

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

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