IZZARD

PRONUNCIATION: (IZ-uhrd) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: noun: The letter Z.

ETYMOLOGY: An alteration of earlier ezod/ezed, probably from French et zede (and zed), said at the end of the alphabet. Earliest documented use: c. 1726.
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IZARD - implicit response to the Woodie Guthrie song "Hard, ain't it hard, ain't it hard / To love one who never did love you..."

SIZZARD - cut with shears

'IZCARD - what the Cockney throws when he wants to draw one in a game of Poker