quizzicle

发音

US /ˈkwɪzɪkəl/

词形变化

quizzicles 复数 quizzicles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short quiz.

    罕用
adj.
  1. 1.

    Misspelling of quizzical.

词源

From quiz + -icle (diminutive suffix). The term is associated with, and possibly originates from, an old joke: "if a quiz is a quizzicle, what's a test?" (or variations). Later reanalyzed as (or recoined from) a blend of quiz + article.

来源:wiktionary