viz.
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin videlicet (“‘that is to say, namely’”), short for videre licet (“‘it is permitted to see ’”). The z was originally not a letter but a common Middle Latin symbol that was used for -et.
[edit] Pronunciation
Usually read out as namely or to wit. Otherwise pronounced as follows:
- IPA: /vɪz/
[edit] Adverb
viz.
- namely, that is to say, as follows, specifically, as an illustration.
- 1848, The fact is, when Captain Dobbin blushed so, and looked so, it was necessary to inform the young ladies, viz., that he had been calling at Mr. Sedley's house already, . . . . (Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray)
- 1993, This, however, makes it necessary to distinguish between two different types of gaps, viz. between “singular NP gaps” and “plural NP gaps.” (Hans Kamp and Uwe Reyle, From Discourse to Logic: Introduction to Modeltheoretic Semantics of Natural Language, Formal Logic and Discourse Representation Theory, p. 51.)
[edit] Usage notes
Often used to introduce a list or series.
