pize

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a variant of pest, pox.

Noun

pize (countable and uncountable, plural pizes)

1. (British, regional, archaic) Used in various imprecatory expressions: a pest, a pox. [from 17th c.]
   • 1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 77:

     Pize on 'em, they never think beforehand of any thing;—and if they commit Matrimony, 'tis as they commit Murder; out of a Frolick: And are ready to hang themſelves, or to be hang'd by the Law, the next Morning.— […]

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Visited by Pallet; Contracts an Intimacy with a New Market Nobleman; and is by the Knowing Ones Taken in”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 338, column 1:

     Ah! a pize upon it! Dick, after all, was the man.

   • 1818, James Ford, editor, The Suffolk Garland: Or, A Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads:

     Dame, what makes your ducks to die? / What the pize ails 'em? What the pize ails 'em?

Etymology 2

Verb

pize (third-person singular simple present pizes, present participle pizing, simple past and past participle pized)

1. (transitive, dialect, Yorkshire) To strike or hit (a person).

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪzɛ]

Noun

pize

1. dative/locative singular of piha

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Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 皮子 (pízi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰit͡sə]

Noun

pize

1. skin
2. leather

   gu-jhege pize quandi quan-di-li=a?

   Do they wear leather clothes?

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 96)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN