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bliz⋅zard

  [bliz-erd]
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–noun
1. Meteorology.
a. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold.
b. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
2. an inordinately large amount all at one time; avalanche: a blizzard of Christmas cards.
–verb (used without object)
3. to snow as a blizzard: Looks as though it's going to blizzard tonight.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; earlier: violent blow, shot; cf. Brit. dial. (Midlands) blizzer, blizzom blaze, flash, anything that blinds momentarily; prob. expressive formations with components of blast, blaze 1 , bluster, etc.

Related forms:
bliz⋅zard⋅y, bliz⋅zard⋅ly, adjective
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Word Origin & History

blizzard 
1859, origin obscure (perhaps somehow connected with blaze (1)), it came into general use in the hard winter 1880-81, though it was used with a sense of "violent blow" in Amer.Eng., 1829; and blizz "violent rainstorm" is attested from 1770.
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blizzard   (blĭz'ərd)  Pronunciation Key 
A violent snowstorm with winds blowing at a minimum speed of 56 km (35 mi) per hour and visibility of less 400 m (0.25 mi) for three hours.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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