wiz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪz/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪz

Etymology 1

Clipping of wizard.

Noun

wiz (plural wizzes)

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

   a maths wiz

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-West Germanic *hwīt, see also Old Saxon hwīt, Old English hwīt, Old Norse hvítr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːs/

Adjective

wīz

1. white

Derived terms

• wīzdrūbo

Descendants

• Middle High German: wīz, wīs
  • Alemannic German: wiiss

    Italian Walser: wiss, wéiss

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: baiz, baizz, bais

    Mòcheno: bais

    Udinese: bais, baiss

  • Central Franconian: wieß

    Kirchröadsj Ripuarian: wies

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

    Pennsylvania German: weiss

  • Vilamovian: wȧjs
  • Yiddish: ווײַס (vays)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: wiz

Noun

wiz f

1. genitive plural of wiza