Izzard (Noun)
Meaning
The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- He struggled to recite the alphabet, stumbling over the letter izzard.
- The teacher asked the student to point to the izzard on the chart.
- In the phonetic alphabet, izzard is often used to clearly communicate the letter Z.
- The British pronunciation of izzard is distinct from the American version.
- The phrase "he doesn't know A from izzard" is a common idiom for someone who is clueless.