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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet;
- Example: "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"
- Example: "he doesn't know A from izzard"
[syn: Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. (Zool.) See Izard. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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]