viz.
adverb/vɪz/, /ˈneɪmli/
/vɪz/, /ˈneɪmli/
(formal, especially British English)- used to introduce a list of things that explain something more clearly or are given as examples synonym namely
- four major colleges of surgery, viz. London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin
Word Originabbreviation of videlicet, z being a medieval Latin symbol for -et.Definitions on the go
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