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Jazz
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jazz
English
Etymology
A fanciful spelling variant of en Jaz and en Jas.
Proper noun
en male Jasper.
en 2008 w:Stephenie Meyer The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Little, Brown and Company 492 Jasper's teeth were set; he didn't move. "Jazz, this isn't anything you've seen before," Alice said quietly. "Trust me."
en male James.
en 2001 w:Ian Rankin Resurrection Men Orion 4 His real name was James, but those who knew him seemed never to call him that. He was Jamesy, or more often Jazz.
en female Jasmine.
2012? Madeleine Oh, At Long Last, in The Mammoth Book of Erotica: Volume 4, Constable and Robinson Ltd (2012), 1472102053:
"He calls you Jazzikins." He would. He had. Couldn't call me Jazz or Jasmine the way everyone else did.
Synonyms
diminutive of James en Jamie, en Jaime, en Jem, en Jemmy
en unisex given names
German
Etymology
de :bor en:jazz
de en jazz.
Pronunciation
de /d͡ʒɛ(ː)s/ dated, now mostly humorous /jat͡s/
de De-Jazz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Jazz2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɛs ɛːs ats 1
Noun
m,-.sg
jazz (musical art form)
Declension
m,-.sg
Further reading
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