QUIZZITYNOUN
an oddity ...1788 rare ETYMOLOGY from 'quiz' (n.) an odd or eccentric person in character or appearance (rare) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1788 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...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." From: Letters of Anna Seward Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807 Letter XVI, Miss Weston, Lichfield, April 15, 1788 Published 1811 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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