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izzard

/ˈɪ.zə(ɹ)d/

izzard noun: the letter Z; zed, zee.

Noun

izzard (plural izzards)

  1. (Scotland, and archaically in England and Ireland) The letter Z; zed, zee.
    • ... [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

Proper noun capitalized: Izzard

Izzard (plural Izzards)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of izzard

Forms of izzard

Noun
pluralizzards
Proper noun
pluralIzzards

Origin of izzard

From Middle English izod, ezod, ezed, probably from Middle French et zede (literally “and zed”), as spoken when reciting the alphabet.

Words formed from izzard

  • A to izzard

Phrases with izzard

Words that rhyme with izzard

Questions about izzard

What does izzard mean?
Izzard means the letter Z; zed, zee.
What part of speech is izzard?
Izzard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce izzard?
Izzard is pronounced /ˈɪ.zə(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of izzard?
The plural of izzard is izzards.

Words near izzard in the dictionary

  1. Izvorul Alb
  2. Izvorul Dorului
  3. Izyaslav
  4. Izyum
  5. Izz
  6. izzard
  7. izzards
  8. izzarees
  9. izzaries
  10. izzat
  11. Izzi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: izzard (page history and authors); Izzard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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