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zizzy | tizzy |

As an adjective zizzy

is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} zazzy; flashy; eye-catching.

As a noun tizzy is

a state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.

zizzy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • zazzy; flashy; eye-catching
  • * 1973 , Punch
  • The irrepressible and arguably irredeemable Al Capp, an expansive, mature and very regular citizen from New Haven, Connecticut, is a man with a facility for open, cynical wise-cracks, a man who knows a zizzy pin-stripe when he sees one
  • * 1988 , The Listener
  • How did you write a zizzy tabloid head in ten minutes from what they did have in the box?
  • * 2012 , Wendy Perriam, Born of Woman
  • A week ago, she had daubed them all with body paint—Hugh and Robert red with spots, even the solemn Charles a zizzy green.
  • tingling
  • * 1998 , Myra Schneider, John Killick, Writing for self-discovery
  • There's a zizzy feeling, prickles in my fingers and toes and a sudden blackness with whorls of light. When I come to Aunt is leaning over me, her ear next to my heart and her fat hot fingers loosening the buttons at the collar of my dress.
  • * 2012 , Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land
  • I go to the window again in my terry-cloth robe, my heart pumping, a zizzy bee-sting quiver down my arms and legs, my bare feet cold on the floor planks.

    tizzy

    English

    Noun

    (tizzies)
  • A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
  • (UK, slang, archaic) A sixpence; a tester.
  • Usage notes

    Frequently used in the phrase “in a tizzy”.

    Synonyms

    * dither * upset

    References