Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. honour, pride, dignity or reputation
Etymologies
- Urdu (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They are always strong themselves upon the question of "izzat".”
“Eminently desirable reforms mooted in the wake of the Kargil War remain elusive; structural problems persist; and, over the last decade, the 'izzat' (honour) of the military as an institution has been sullied.”
“The Amir is strongly motivated by the Pashtoon concept of "izzat" (self-respect) and tends to look upon any suggestion of concessions to international opinion as an affront to his "izzat".”
“Duckler, izzat a Wrangler type Jeep (or a Rubicon or a CJ) or one of those Cherokee or Liberty type fake jeeps.”
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off
“It's about Rajasthan's izzat or honor -- and India's foreign revenues.”
“Few show izzat, or respect, to the lowest who work in their kitchens, drive their cars or hawk trinkets to them in the markets.”
“June 12, 2010 at 3:11 am izzat a stoned skwer elle onnda tree?”
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“Butt ! heer izza 408-volt 3-fayz serbiss boks U kood ty n2… Iz oanlee 900 ampz — izzat enuff?”
Mai arms nawt reely dis long. Iz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“April 18, 2010 at 4:10 am ummm izzat prostate or prostrate?”
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“He considered himself tricked; one could read that plainly enough; for taking polite messages does not come within the Hills 'elastic code of izzat, although carrying a challenge is another matter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘izzat’.
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phrontistery - i
from phrontistery.info
iamatology, iamb, ianthine, iatraliptic, iatramelia, iatrarchy, iatrochemistry, iatrogenic, iatrology, iatromathematics, iatrophobia, ibidem and 510 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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summer words 2009
how many words can I make mine this summer?
largess, hoyden, catholic, fornicatress, quean, slattern, bildungsroman, sybaritic, descresent, nodus, frittle, callipygian and 529 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Words I Like
Random vocabulary words that I am particularly fond of.
absquatulate, anthropophagy, bibliobibuli, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, brobdingnagian, brummagem, bugaboo, callipygian, cataglottism, chiaroscuro and 92 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibcock, bibliobibuli, biffy, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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implify's Words
gaia, eviscerate, lament, ephemeral, urbane, blight, variant, schadenfreude, hubbub, iteration, feign, hobgoblin and 243 more...
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King of Gnomes
those gifted with the social eloquence, and the services they provide
grig, bellwether, callipygian, cynosure, gemütlich, dernier cri, toff, vaunt, scuttlebutt, sprezzatura, sprezzatura, sycophant and 64 more...
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Zz....
Fuzzy! Fizzy! And lots of pizzazz!
puzzle, pizza, piazza, nuzzle, nozzle, swizzle, frizz, drizzle, dazzle, pizazz, sizzle, mizzenmast and 70 more...
Tweets
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bilby You can say that again, sionnach. Jun 14, 2009
matthewsouther honor, prestige, reputation Jun 14, 2009