zeen.

Brit.

/ziː/, U.S.

/zi/

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: zed n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of zed n. after other letter names in -ee , such as bee B n., cee C n., dee D n.

Chiefly U.S. after 17th cent.

(A name for) the letter Z, z, the last letter of the alphabet in English and other modern languages (see Z n.).In most English-speaking areas outside the United States the usual word is zed; cf. zed n.

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1580 W. Bullokar Bk. at Large 21 The names of the letters next before shewed, appeere in this Table following... zee z.

1654 R. Lloyd Schoole-masters Auxiliaries 5 Z Zee The noise of hot iron in water.

1677 T. Lye New Spelling Bk. ii. 5 Zz zee Z-eal, thou shalt be my charret, whilst I ride, Elijah-like, with Word and Spirit, my Guide.

1797 Farmer's Weekly Museum 28 Mar. 4/1 Younker, yield to yawning, yea—Zounds, I'm safe at zigzag zee.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Z... It is pronounced zee.

1882 E. A. Freeman in Longman's Mag. Nov. 94 The name..given to the last letter of the alphabet..in New England is always zee; in the South it is zed.

1953 Manch. Guardian 20 Feb. 3/5 Last summer a song that had great popularity went right through a 'lover's alphabet' and, obviously originating in America, it gave the name ‘zee’ to the last letter.

2013 I. Hunter Conversations iv. 53 I know how you people spell things! What is this aversion you Brits have to the letter Zee?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zee
释义	zeen. Brit. /ziː/, U.S. /zi/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: zed n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of zed n. after other letter names in -ee , such as bee B n., cee C n., dee D n. Chiefly U.S. after 17th cent. (A name for) the letter Z, z, the last letter of the alphabet in English and other modern languages (see Z n.).In most English-speaking areas outside the United States the usual word is zed; cf. zed n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > Z zedc1175 zee1580 izzard1597 zad1669 1580 W. Bullokar Bk. at Large 21 The names of the letters next before shewed, appeere in this Table following... zee z. 1654 R. Lloyd Schoole-masters Auxiliaries 5 Z Zee The noise of hot iron in water. 1677 T. Lye New Spelling Bk. ii. 5 Zz zee Z-eal, thou shalt be my charret, whilst I ride, Elijah-like, with Word and Spirit, my Guide. 1797 Farmer's Weekly Museum 28 Mar. 4/1 Younker, yield to yawning, yea—Zounds, I'm safe at zigzag zee. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Z... It is pronounced zee. 1882 E. A. Freeman in Longman's Mag. Nov. 94 The name..given to the last letter of the alphabet..in New England is always zee; in the South it is zed. 1953 Manch. Guardian 20 Feb. 3/5 Last summer a song that had great popularity went right through a 'lover's alphabet' and, obviously originating in America, it gave the name ‘zee’ to the last letter. 2013 I. Hunter Conversations iv. 53 I know how you people spell things! What is this aversion you Brits have to the letter Zee? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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