wiz
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /wɪz/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪz
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]wiz (plural wizzes)
- A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area.
- a maths wiz
- (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
- 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:
- The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:skilled person
Etymology 2
[edit]Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.
Noun
[edit]wiz (plural wizzes)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See with.
Preposition
[edit]wiz
- (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Pronunciation spelling of with.
Old High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, see also Old Saxon hwīt, Old English hwīt, Old Norse hvítr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wīz
Derived terms
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[edit]Polish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wiz f
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