Green’s Dictionary of Slang

20C use (Aus./N.Z./US) inquisitive.

1849		Sam Sly 10 Mar. 3/1: SAM never said H—y Ro—t—n, the quizzy little barber, of Y—k-street, could not make a pudding; nor yet that he was fond of gossip.
1901		O. Onions Compleat Bachelor 30: You 're so deuced quizzy, you know.
c.1914		H. Traubel With Walt Whitman in Camden 1888-1889 459: He was quizzy over this. ‘Do they say so? Do they? Who are some people?’.
1920		Edwardsville Intelligencer 14 Sept. 4/4: I've never asked the reason why, I've tried not the [i.e. to] be quizzy, Into the cause I'll never pry.
1924		Argus (Melbourne) 25 June 7/3: ‘Quizzy’ asks what coklour and kind of shoe, stockingd and gloves would look well witha nigger brown twill travelling costume?
1929		Horsham Times (Vic.) 8 Nov. 13/3: Mrs Quizzy: And what is your husband doing for a living now?
1935		Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Qld) 6 June 5/4: It’s always the same in Suva. What is Theodore doing? What is he going to do? What did he tell you? The place is just quizzy.
1946		Western Mail (Perth) 27 June 14s/1: I never know quite what’s going on behind those quizzy eyes of yours.
1955		D. Niland Shiralee 86: I don’t want to be quizzy, Mac.
1959		I. & P. Opie Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 203: ‘Quizzy flies never grow wise’, and ‘Quizzy monkeys burn their noses’. People with quizzy tongues who ask about things which are none of their business, get for an answer: ‘Ask no questions and receive no lies’.
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 90/2: quizzy inquisitive to the point of nosey parkering.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].