DRIZZLE

drizzle, mizzle

(noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

drizzle, moisten

(verb) moisten with fine drops; “drizzle the meat with melted butter”

drizzle, mizzle

(verb) rain lightly; “When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

drizzle (third-person singular simple present drizzles, present participle drizzling, simple past and past participle drizzled)

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

(ambitransitive) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.

(cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.

(cooking, transitive) To cover by pouring in this manner.

(slang) To urinate.

(dated) To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.

Noun

drizzle (countable and uncountable, plural drizzles)

Light rain.

(physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.

(slang) Water.

(baking) A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.

Anagrams

• rizzled

Source: Wiktionary

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Driz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drizzling.] Etym: [Prop. freq. of AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.]

Definition: To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." Spenser.

Driz"zle, v. t.

Definition: To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.

Driz"zle, n.

Definition: Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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