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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwiz |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪz |
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Définition of quizzer
Origin :- 1867, "brief examination of a student on some subject," perhaps from quiz (v.), or from apparently unrelated slang word quiz "odd person" (1782, source of quizzical). According to OED, the anecdote that credits this word to a bet by the Dublin theater-manager Daly or Daley that he could coin a word is regarded by authorities as "doubtful" and the first record of it appears to be in 1836 (in Smart's "Walker Remodelled"; the story is omitted in the edition of 1840).
- The word Quiz is a sort of a kind of a wordThat people apply to some being absurd;One who seems, as t'were oddly your fancy to strikeIn a sort of a fashion you somehow don't likeA mixture of odd, and of queer, and all thatWhich one hates, just, you know, as some folks hate a cat;A comical, whimsical, strange, droll -- that is,You know what I mean; 'tis -- in short, -- 'tis a quiz![from "Etymology of Quiz," Charles Dibdin, 1842]
- As in examiner : noun tester
- My quizzer has returned, peeped over my shoulder, and asked this question.
- Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
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