wiz

English

Etymology

From wizard

Noun

wiz (plural wizzes)

1. a person who is exceptionally 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.

3. (slang, especially with the verb “take”) the act of urinating

   take a wiz

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skilled person

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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”).

Adjective

wīz

1. white

Descendants

• German: weiß
• Yiddish: װײַס (vays)