Z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
(noun) the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; āthe British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zeeā; āhe doesnāt know A from izzardā
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.
āNothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.ā
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
