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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of earlier ezod, ezed, probably from Middle French et zede and Z Date: circa 1726 chiefly dialect the letter z

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Izzard Iz"zard, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Izard.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Izzard Iz"zard, n. [Formerly ezed, prob. fr. F. et z['E]de and z.] The letter z; -- formerly so called.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zed Zed, n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.] The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. ``Zed, thou unnecessary letter!'' --Shak.

Moby Thesaurus

Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, goal, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, omega, payoff, period, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, windup