quizzeryn.
/ˈkwɪz(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkwɪz(ə)ri/ 1. Mockery, ridicule; (also) a joke, a prank; a witticism. Now rare and archaic.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke
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1809 J. Haslewood (title) Green room gossip: or, gravity gallinipt, a gallimaufry consisting of theatrical anecdotes, bon mots..puns, quizzery, repartee.
1821 Examiner 348/1 A law..destructive to mirth and quizzery.
1826 T. H. Lister Granby (ed. 2) III. xv. 231 He began with a little gentle quizzery of the ladies Manvers.
1841 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 122 Of Mrs. Carlyle's quizzeries, he thinks [etc.].
1867 Times 9 Sept. 10/1 That they are as jealous as ever of criticism and as sensitive to imagined ‘quizzery’ has been shown in more than one explosion of indignant oratory.
1939 T. Scudder Jane Welsh Carlyle iv. 32 Her mastery of the arts of quizzery and teasing, and her youth, gave her a wide advantage with which to keep the upper hand.
2. The answering of questions, esp. for entertainment; spec. participation in a quiz or quizzes.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > quiz or panel game > [noun] > collectively
quizzery1942
1942 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 26 Aug. 8/5 Of the 75 questions they asked me here are the five most important... I got zero for the quizzery but the board gave me five for neatness.
1957 Daily Tel. 24 Dec. 6/6 (heading) Quizzery for all. This starts with the easy ones, and gets more specialised as you go on.
1963 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 8/7 Their answers would therefore belong to the inferior realm of quizzery, in which knowledge of facts is valued for its own sake and not as a passport to wisdom.
1971 Times 13 Sept. 10/6 It might be described as a musical in-joke: but it is no joke. It might sidetrack knowledgeable listeners into musical quizzery: but we are meant, I am sure, to receive the quotations passively, rather than concentrate on identifying them.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Aug. 16 Beadle offers a weekly sum of £1000 to the contestant who can beat him over three rounds of general knowledge quizzery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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