different between dizzard vs gizzard

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from dizzy +? -ard. Compare dotard.

Noun

dizzard (plural dizzards)

1. (obsolete) A jester or fool.
2. (obsolete) An idiot.
   • , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.43:

     Lactantius, in his book of Wisdom, proves them to be dizzards, fools, asses, madmen, so full of absurd and ridiculous tenets and brain-sick positions, that to his thinking never any old woman doted worse.

Alternative forms

• dizard, disard

Derived terms

• dizzardly

English

Etymology

From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gig?ria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?d/

Noun

gizzard (plural gizzards)

1. A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs, birds, earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

Derived terms

• gizzard shad
• fret the gizzard
• stick in one's gizzard

Translations

See also

• crop