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izzard

[ iz-erd ]

noun

, Chiefly Dialect.
  1. the letter Z.


izzard

/ ˈɪzəd /

noun

  1. archaic.
    the letter Z
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of izzard1

First recorded in 1730–40; variant of zed
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Word History and Origins

Origin of izzard1

C18: from earlier ezed, probably from Old French et zède, literally: and zed
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Example Sentences

Izzard, dressed like a riverboat gambler, plays a smooth-talking mogul named Tiny Diamonds.

She's a gossip, Betty is, and who so delightful to gossip with as an old man who's known your whole life from A to izzard?

There isn't a thing on God's footstool from a to izzard I won't forgive you, my precious girl!

Zed, zed, n. the letter Z, also called zee and izzard: a bar of metal of form similar to the letter Z.

But they only begged me to look where they had put Billy Izzard's two sketches—one on either side of the verandah door.

Billy Izzard's sketches on our walls shook to my tread, and passing vans made the very foundations tremble.

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