Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal The letter z.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A former name of the letter Z.
- n. See izard.
Wiktionary
- n. Scotland an alternate pronunciation for the letter Z, similar to zed.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) See izard.
- n. The letter z; -- formerly so called.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
Etymologies
- Probably variant (perhaps influenced by lizard or gizzard) of Scots ezed, variant of zed. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“No, she aint eat a blessed thing, hardly, to-day," said her mother -- "jes 'seemed to have lost her appetite from a to izzard.”
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“His one poet was Burns, whom he knew by heart "from a to izzard.”
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“They know their stuff A to izzard, and they're right on your tail now.”
“Then theres an M, and a T, and an S, but whether the next be an izzard, or an R, confound me, I cannot tell.”
“His one poet was Burns, whom he knew by heart “from a to izzard.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘izzard’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
venturi, aesir, affenpinscher, rottweiler, amanuensis, balletomane, hansard, sangfroid, yukata, capriccio, cuisse, heriot and 237 more...
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phrontistery - i
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iamb, ianthine, ibidem, iceblink, ichneumous, ichnite, ichnogram, ichnography, ictus, idolum, idoneous, ilke and 510 more...
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
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5-0
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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new acquisitions
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samara, indehiscent, paschal, rogation, wen, rete, diriment, epicene, duramen, euhemerism, objurgate, canaille and 429 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
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extrafavorite
really good words
homunculus, mustachio, munge, simpleton, impugn, rollicking, macaronic, futz, rhinocerotic, dingle, specious, oscitancy and 35 more...
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fun ones
fun to say or fun in meaning
sizzard, clou, matutolagnia, grok, xiphoid, cwm, cattywampus, scroop, loblolly, katzenjammer, sphygmus, forfex and 68 more...
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measured words
inchworm, football, yardstick, quarter, octave, week, fortnight, sofer, pentecost, whitsunday, izzard, heshvan and 43 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for izzard.
ruzuzu "2. from A to izzard, from beginning to end; completely."
--The American College Dictionary Apr 13, 2011
knitandpurl "Old Isaac Izard—his name is odd, isn't it? Mrs. Zimmermann thinks that it comes from izzard, which in some parts of England is the word for zed, which is the word the English use to identify the letter Z. I go along with Mrs. Zimmermann's theory because I can't think of a better one. And besides, she is a Z-lady, so she should know."
The House with a Clock in Its Walls, by John Bellairs, p 33 of the Puffin Books paperback edition Mar 1, 2010
jmjarmstrong JM has just discovered that the ancient word for the letter Z is izzard. Feb 1, 2009
dontcry Eddie -- are you kidding? ;-) Jan 30, 2009
sarra Not just a surname but an archaic name for the letter Z.
Also a variant of izard. Oct 3, 2007