dizzard
/ˈdɪzəɹd/
dizzard noun: a jester or fool.
Noun
dizzard (plural dizzards)
- A jester or fool.
- An idiot.
- Lactantius, in his book of Wisdom, proves them to be dizzards, fools, asses, madmen, so full of absurd and ridiculous tenets and brain-sick positions, that to his thinking never any old woman doted worse., New York Review of Books, 2001, p.43
- "You're a dizzard!" I retorted. "And a noodle and a jolt-head;[…]you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.1902, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 10, in Olympian Nights
Forms of dizzard
| plural | dizzards |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dizard |
| alternative form | disard |
Origin of dizzard
Uncertain; perhaps from dizzy + -ard. Compare dotard.
Words formed from dizzard
Questions about dizzard
- What does dizzard mean?
- Dizzard means a jester or fool.
- What part of speech is dizzard?
- Dizzard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dizzard?
- Dizzard is pronounced /ˈdɪzəɹd/.
- What is the plural of dizzard?
- The plural of dizzard is dizzards.
Words near dizzard in the dictionary
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