wiz
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɪz
Etymology 1
Clipping of wizard.
Noun
wiz (plural wizzes)
- a person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area
- (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.
- 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skilled person
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.
Noun
wiz (plural wizzes)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See with.
Preposition
wiz
- (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Eye dialect spelling of with.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, whence also Old Saxon hwīt, Old English hwīt, Old Norse hvítr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiːs/
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