Etymograph

English

squizz

From British West Country dialectal squiz (“to look, examine critically”).

A blend of squint + quiz ‘to peer at, eye suspiciously’

English asquint ‘obliquely, with a sidelong glance’

English squint

Today it means

noun A look.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “squizz”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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