Word of the Week for the week of October 16, 2016

Quizzical

[KWI-zi-kul]

Meaning & Usage

adjective mystified and slightly amused.

Dad looks from Billy to me with a quizzical expression.

Origin

Earliest known usage, 1789, from quiz (n) "odd or eccentric person" (1782), a word of unknown origin.

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