quiz･zingの英語

名詞

quizzing (countable and uncountable, plural quizzings)

1. (now rare, archaic) The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery. [from 18th c.]
   • 1846, Richard Cobbold, The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl, page 83:

     He knew that he had spoken the truth, though it had cost him a severe pang; and whilst he felt much grief at the thought of the jeers and quizzings he should meet with […]

2. The asking of questions; interrogation. [from 19th c.]

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