Quoz It’s Variant Word Quiz Kwaz Noun Odd

quoz /kwaz/

noun

An odd person or thing.

[Of uncertain origin. Perhaps it’s a variant of the word quiz which has a similar meaning. Or maybe the word quiz is a variant of quoz. It’s all very quizzical. Or quozzical. Earliest documented use: 1780.]

“That juggling trick of yours is growing older than a floorboard split under the weight of countless eager feet, and rendering you a quoz to the ears.” - Neil Baker; G Day: Please God, Get Me Off the Hook; AuthorHouse; 2010.

“While everything that exists is a potential quoz for somebody, one must embrace the mystery for it to open itself.” - William Least Heat-Moon; Blue Highways: A Journey into America; Little, Brown and Company; 2012.