quizzacious
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English
Etymology
From quiz + -acious, derived from the verb quiz (“to mock”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
quizzacious (comparative more quizzacious, superlative most quizzacious)
- (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.