In Northern Ireland, a man bet another man that he could add a new word to the language in one day. During the night, the man put graffitti all around the town including the word "quiz" Sure enough, the next day everyone was talking about "quiz". The word was originally meaningless, and acquired its meaning later.
That could be a folk-etymology, but it's a fun story anyhow.
quiz off
The word 'quiz' is both a verb and a noun.The noun 'quiz' is a word for a written or oral test of knowledge; a game or competition made up of questions to be answered; a act of questioning someone about something; a word for a thing.The noun forms of the verb to quiz are quizzer and the gerund, quizzing.
Pi is (probably) an abbreviation for a Greek word meaning "perimeter" or "periphery" ... the original source is not exactly clear.
The meaning of mathematics trivia is to help someone learn math. Many people quiz their students on multiplication for example.
A prefix appears at the beginning of root words, adding meaning or altering the word's original meaning. A suffix appears at the end of root words, also adding meaning or changing the word's grammatical function.
The original meaning of quiz was a game or assessment. Quizzes were used to assess an individuals knowledge or skill set.
Tease. When Jane Austen says someone is 'quizzing' someone else, she means they are teasing.
the original meaning is a frozen dog
Treatise
beautiful
story, fable, word
The original meaning of the word abuse is " to use". It comes from the Latin word Abusus, meaning "misuse or to use". This word has been in many different languages but the meaning still seems to be to use something badly, be it power, people or animals.
The word Quiz is not used in the Bible.
anithpaty
guild or corporation
bareable ugly
To make Holy