different between wiz vs viz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?z/

• Rhymes: -?z

Etymology 1

Clipping of wizard.

Noun

wiz (plural wizzes)

1. A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area.

2. (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

• See also Thesaurus:skilled person

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.

Noun

wiz (plural wizzes)

1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative spelling of whiz: an act of urination.

   I have to take a wiz.

Derived terms

• take a wiz

Etymology 3

See with.

Preposition

wiz

1. (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Pronunciation spelling of with.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hw?taz, whence also Old Saxon hw?t, Old English hw?t, Old Norse hvítr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?weytos (“bright; shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?s/

Adjective

w?z

1. white

Descendants

• Middle High German: w?z, w?s
  • Alemannic German: wiiss

    Italian Walser: wiss, wéiss

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: baiz, baizz, bàis

    Mòcheno: bais

    Udinese: bais, baiss

  • Central Franconian: wieß
  • German: weiß
  • Luxembourgish: wäiss
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: weiss

  • Vilamovian: w?js
  • Yiddish: ?????? (vays)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?is/

Noun

wiz f

1. genitive plural of wiza

English

Adverb

viz

1. Alternative form of viz.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?s]
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: vis

Verb

viz

1. second-person singular imperative of vid?t

Anagrams

• zvi

Old French

Noun

viz m

1. oblique plural of vit
2. nominative singular of vit

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?i??/
• Tone numbers: vi²
• Hyphenation: viz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *?waj? (“penis”). Cognate with Thai ??? (kuai), Lü ?? (xwoay), Shan ???? (kwáy), Ahom ???????????? (khoy).

Noun

viz (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ? or ?, old orthography vi?)

1. penis

   Synonyms: (dialectal) ceiq, (dialectal) nouq

   Hyponym: ceuq

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

viz (Sawndip form ????, old orthography vi?)

1. (dialectal) fan (handheld device)

   Synonym: beiz