izzard
noun/ˈɪ.zəɹd/
Etymology From Middle English izod, ezod, ezed, probably from Middle French et zede (literally “and zed”), as spoken when reciting the alphabet.
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Scotland The letter Z; zed, zee.
And archaically in England and Ireland
- ... [Reading.] Dear Sir,—ay, that's that. Then there's an M, and a T, and an S, but whether the next be an izzard, or an R, confound me, I cannot tell.1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Synonyms
- uzzard
- Derived terms
- A to izzard