Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sizz

/sɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: sizz
IPA: /sɪz/

22

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

verb

To fizz, sizzle.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I heard the din of happy voices in the "big house" and the sizz and songs of boiling kettles in the kitchen."
"Horace: Book III, Ode 13 "O fons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro——" Worthy of flowers and syrups sweet, O fountain of Bandusian onyx, To-morrow shall a goatling's bleat Mix with the sizz of thy carbonics."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

sizzes (plural) sizzes (present, singular) sizzing (participle, present) sizzed (participle, past) sizzed (past)

Synonyms

hiss siss sibilate

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sizz?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪz/.
What does sizz mean?: Fizz, sizzle.
Where does sizz come from?: Onomatopoeic.

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