Definition of QUIZZICAL

quizzical

Adjective Satellite

  • playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); - Lawrence Durrell
    • "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"
  • perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
    • "he had a quizzical expression"

Adj

  • Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
  • Strange or eccentric.
  • Jocose; humorous.

Origin / Etymology

From quiz + -ical.

Scrabble Score: 38

quizzical: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
quizzical: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quizzical: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 41

quizzical: valid Words With Friends Word