pizzazz

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
45
Words With Friends
46
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/pɪˈzæz/

Definition of pizzazz

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor.
    “The show had a lot of pizzazz, with glittering costumes and upbeat music.”
    “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 the pizazz into a drink. Certain clothes have it, too. 1. There's pizazz in this rust evening coat, swinging wide in back, jutting crazily over the shoulders, clasped with a cord at the throat.”
    “[Rahiem] Classified as a lover with a certain pizzazz / And you might even call it razzamatazz”
    “Who says a beer can't be exciting, folks. Let me tell you something, folks, this here little can has got more oomph! More pazazz! More body than Mae West any day!”
    “With his miner's helmet in one hand, a white towel in the other, [Mario] Sepúlveda began to dance. He spun with the gusto and pzazz of a huaso, a Chilean cowboy.”

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Etymology

Probably originally college or showbusiness slang in the United States, then popularized in the American fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar in the 1930s: see the quotation.

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