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pizzazz

[puh-zaz] Origin

pi·zazz

[puh-zaz]
noun Informal.
1.
energy; vitality; vigor.
2.
attractive style; dash; flair.
Also, piz·zazz.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; origin obscure

pi·zazz·y, adjective
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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pizzazz or pizazz (pəˈzæz)
 
n
informal pazzazz, pazazz, Also called: pzazz an attractive combination of energy and style; sparkle, vitality, glamour
 
[C20: origin obscure]
 
pizazz or pizazz
 
n
 
[C20: origin obscure]

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pizazz
1937, probably originally college or show-biz slang.
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"Pizazz, to quote the editor of the Harvard Lampoon, is an indefinable dynamic quality, the je ne sais quoi of function; as for instance, adding Scotch puts pizazz into a drink. Certain clothes have it, too." ["Harper's Bazaar," March 1937]
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pizzazz definition

[pəˈzæz]
  1. n.
    punch; glitter and excitement. : Listen to the way she put pizzazz into that song!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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