pize
pize noun: used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox.
Noun
pize (countable and uncountable, plural pizes)
- Used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox.
- Pize on 'em, they never think beforehand of any thing;—and if they commit Matrimony, 'tis as they commit Murder; out of a Frolick: And are ready to hang themſelves, or to be hang'd by the Law, the next Morning.— […]1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 77
- Ah! a pize upon it! Dick, after all, was the man.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Visited by Pallet; Contracts an Intimacy with a New Market Nobleman; and is by the Knowing Ones Taken in”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please...
Verb
pize (third-person singular simple present pizes, present participle pizing, simple past and past participle pized)
- To strike or hit (a person).
Forms of pize
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pizes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pizes |
| present participle | pizing |
| past participle | pized |
| past | pized |
Origin of pize
Unknown; perhaps a variant of pest, pox.
Questions about pize
- What does pize mean?
- Pize means used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox.
- What part of speech is pize?
- Pize can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of pize?
- The plural of pize is pizes.
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