different between zizzy vs zazzy

English

Etymology

zizz +? -y

Adjective

zizzy (comparative more zizzy, superlative most zizzy)

1. (informal) Zazzy; flashy; eye-catching.
   • 1973, Punch

     The irrepressible and arguably irredeemable Al Capp, an expansive, mature and very regular citizen from New Haven, Connecticut, is a man with a facility for open, cynical wise-cracks, a man who knows a zizzy pin-stripe when he sees one […]

   • 1988, The Listener

     How did you write a zizzy tabloid head in ten minutes from what they did have in the box?
2. (informal) Tingling.
   • 1998, Myra Schneider, John Killick, Writing for self-discovery

     There's a zizzy feeling, prickles in my fingers and toes and a sudden blackness with whorls of light. When I come to Aunt is leaning over me, her ear next to my heart and her fat hot fingers loosening the buttons at the collar of my dress.

   • 2012, Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land

     I go to the window again in my terry-cloth robe, my heart pumping, a zizzy bee-sting quiver down my arms and legs, my bare feet cold on the floor planks.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æzi

Adjective

zazzy (comparative zazzier, superlative zazziest)

1. (slang) shiny or flashy
   • 1967, Harper's Bazaar (volume 100, page 240)

     Below: The zazziest nylon tricot pettipants — a dazzle of yellows, blues, pinks and greens, scalloped at the edges.

   • 1981, Financial Mail (page 1338)

     So who's this madman launching a new car from a brand-new company? He is John Z De Lorean, one-time Detroit executive, whose new car — the De Lorean — sells at $25000 a throw. For that price you get a zazzy, European-styled sports job […]