Z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
zed (plural zeds) (chiefly Commonwealth)
The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
(in combination) Something Z-shaped.
(colloquial, usually, in the plural) Sleep.
(slang) A zombie.
• (all): zee (US)
• (letter): izzard (Scotland)
• (sleep): zee (Canada) (more common)
zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded) (chiefly, British, AU, NZ, Canada, Ireland, South Africa)
(intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
(intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
Zed
A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.
“Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.”
Source: Wiktionary
Zed, n. Etym: [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.]
Definition: The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. "Zed, thou unnecessary letter!" Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
