Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To puzzle. [A popular, but not an elegant word.]
2. Quo Warranto, in Law Latin, a writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or corporation exercises certain powers.
2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
3. An odd or absurd fellow.
4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
Ridicule Roget’s Thesaurus §856
N. ridicule, derision, sardonic smile, sardonic # grin, irrision, scoffing, mockery, quiz|, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage, quizzing, asteism, squib, satire, skit, quip, quib, grin, parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie, farce, caricature, buffoonery, practical joke, horseplay, scorn, contempt
V. ridicule, deride, mock, taunt, snigger, laugh in one's sleeve, tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast, haze, tehee, fleer, show up, play upon, play tricks upon, fool to the top of one's bent, laugh at, grin at, smile at, poke fun at, satirize, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, turn into ridicule, make merry with, make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an april fool of, rally, scoff, raise a laugh, play the fool, make a fool of oneself
Adj. derisory, derisive, mock, mocking, sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, hudibrastic, scurrilous
Adv. in ridicule
Laughingstock Roget’s Thesaurus §857
N. # laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock, butt, game, fair game, april fool, original, oddity, queer fish, odd fish, quiz, square toes, old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey, buffoon, pantomimist, schlemiel, jest
Phr. dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt, 3, prospective affections
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