quizzism

English

Etymology

quiz +‎ -ism

Noun

quizzism (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The act or habit of quizzing.
   • 1838, Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce, The life of William Wilberforce: Volume 3, page 241:

     What quizzism could he have been afraid of, adopting the language of the hero victors? Lord Burleigh had not this fear when he made his reply to Walsingham.

   • 1865, Mariano Aguirre de Venero, New system of physiognomony, ^[sic]:

     Look intelligent, penetrating, and vivacious, with a shade of quizzism, and, at times, of severity.