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English
Etymology
From Middle English izod, ezod, ezed, from Old French et zede (literally “and zed”), as spoken when reciting the alphabet.
Pronunciation
Noun
izzard (plural izzards)
- (Scotland, Hong Kong, and archaically in England and Ireland) The letter Z; zed, zee.
1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. , London: F Newbery, , →OCLC, (please specify the page):... [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.
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- Hong Kong English: Z (pronounced as /iˈzɛd/ or /ɪˈzɛd/)