- See Izard. - The letter z; -- formerly so called.
J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later
variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal
sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J
and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have
been used interchangeably.
Meaning of 'izzard' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . izzard
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
Example in sentence:
he doesn't know A from izzard;
the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee