QUIZ

v. & n. archaic --v.tr. (quizzed, quizzing) 1 look curiously at; observe the ways or oddities of; survey through an eyeglass. 2 make sport of; regard with a mocking air. --n. (pl. quizzes) 1 a hoax, a thing done to burlesque or expose another's oddities. 2 a an odd or eccentric person; a person of ridiculous appearance. b a person given to quizzing. øøquizzer n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.]