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English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /kwIz/
• IPA: /kwɪz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

Etymology

The true etymology is unknown. The following have all been proposed:

1. Reputed without evidence to have been invented by a late 18th century Dublin theatre proprietor who bet he could add a new nonsense word to the English language. He thus had the word painted on walls all over the city. The morning after, everyone was talking about the new word.
2. The original meaning is interrogation (1867), being derived from the verb. Current meaning only since 1941.
3. The meaning "hoax" is the original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of to question and inquisitive .
4. Originally quies (1847), may have derived from Latin qui es? (who are you?), traditionally the first question in oral Latin exams. Used as a noun from 1867, spelling quiz first recorded in 1886.

Noun

quiz ( plural quizzes )

1. A competition in the answering of questions.

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Verb

to quiz ( third-person singular simple present quizzes , present participle quizzing , simple past quizzed , past participle quizzed )

1. ( transitive ) ( archaic ) To hoax.
2. ( transitive ) To question closely, to interrogate.

Translations

hoax

interrogate

Other Translations for "quiz"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		quiz
Hex		71 f5 69 fa
Pig Latin		izquay

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