English

Noun

wiz ‎(plural wizzes)

1. a person who is exceptionally gifted or skilled in a particular area
2. (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
   • 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)

     The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skilled person

Etymology 2

From whiz.

Noun

wiz ‎(plural wizzes)

1. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

   I have to take a wiz.

Etymology 3

See with.

Preposition

wiz

1. (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Eye dialect spelling of with.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, whence also Old Saxon hwīt, Old English hwīt, Old Norse hvítr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos ‎(“bright; shine”).

Adjective

wīz

1. white

Descendants

• German: weiß
• Yiddish: װײַס ‎(vays)