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[syn: Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. (Zool.)
See Izard.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. [Formerly ezed, prob. fr. F. et z['e]de and
z.]
The letter z; -- formerly so called.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Zed \Zed\, n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See
Zeta.]
The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.
"Zed, thou unnecessary letter!" --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
izzard
n 1: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z
zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee";
"he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: Z, z, zee,
zed, ezed, izzard]