quizzableadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪzəbl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪzəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s quizable, 1800s– quizzable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiz v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < quiz v.¹ + -able suffix.

That may be quizzed (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective] > able to be bantered

quizzable1797

quizzible1816

smokable1818

1797 Quiz No. 13. 85 Every body seems to set me down as a butt made on purpose to be ridiculed,..as if I had ‘This man is quizable’, pasted in large letters on my back.

1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 687 It may be something satirical, if they see anything quizzable—something about yourself.

1866 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. iii. 478 Who knows but, in his very simplicity, there lay something far beyond the Ill Margraf to whom he was so quizzable!

1912 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 25 Nov. 6/2 A dispatch says Mr. Aldrich was quizzed by the bankers at New Orleans on his Monetary Central reserve bank plans. One may think the quizzable part was rather on the bankers.

1990 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 63 In the last year or two science has become a joky quiz subject... Films and music always have been quizzable.

2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 Nov. 18 Those who report Impropriety ought To be present and legally quizzable.

Derivatives

quizzaˈbility n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > a matter of banter > fitness to be

quizzability1858

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. vii. 616 Even book-men..are good for something, more especially if rich mines of quizzability turn-out to be workable in them.

1948 Musical Times Jan. 29/1 When serially conducted it runs to specialism and preciosity, and to the trotting out of obscure items chosen for their quizzability rather than for their significance or relation to general knowledge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quizzable
释义	quizzableadj. Brit. /ˈkwɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈkwɪzəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s quizable, 1800s– quizzable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiz v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < quiz v.¹ + -able suffix. That may be quizzed (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective] > able to be bantered quizzable1797 quizzible1816 smokable1818 1797 Quiz No. 13. 85 Every body seems to set me down as a butt made on purpose to be ridiculed,..as if I had ‘This man is quizable’, pasted in large letters on my back. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 687 It may be something satirical, if they see anything quizzable—something about yourself. 1866 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. iii. 478 Who knows but, in his very simplicity, there lay something far beyond the Ill Margraf to whom he was so quizzable! 1912 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 25 Nov. 6/2 A dispatch says Mr. Aldrich was quizzed by the bankers at New Orleans on his Monetary Central reserve bank plans. One may think the quizzable part was rather on the bankers. 1990 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 63 In the last year or two science has become a joky quiz subject... Films and music always have been quizzable. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 Nov. 18 Those who report Impropriety ought To be present and legally quizzable. Derivatives quizzaˈbility n. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > a matter of banter > fitness to be quizzability1858 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. vii. 616 Even book-men..are good for something, more especially if rich mines of quizzability turn-out to be workable in them. 1948 Musical Times Jan. 29/1 When serially conducted it runs to specialism and preciosity, and to the trotting out of obscure items chosen for their quizzability rather than for their significance or relation to general knowledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1797
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