Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mazard

/ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mazard
IPA: /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic; Slang

noun

A kind of small black cherry.

Example Sentences

"Why ee'n ſo: and now my Lady Wormes, / Chapleſſe, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade;"
"This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]"
"For the poor things [worshippers] would have other idols in place of those he [the iconoclast] thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth."

Etymology

Probably from mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mazards (plural) mazzard (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

mazzard

Questions

How do you pronounce mazard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/.
What does mazard mean?: Head; skull.
Where does mazard come from?: Probably from mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.

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