adj
Meaning 1
Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quizzical
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkwɪzɪkəl/
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rhymes with -ɪzɪkəl
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CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 Z AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Strange or eccentric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Jocose; humorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had a quizzical expression
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: questioning
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)- Lawrence Durrell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mocking, teasing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English quiz Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English quizzical From quiz + -ical.