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MIZZLE
drizzle, mizzle
(noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
drizzle, mizzle
(verb) rain lightly; “When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)
(intransitive, now dialectal, UK, North America) To rain in very fine drops.
Synonym: drizzle
Noun
mizzle (uncountable)
Misty rain or drizzle.
Etymology 2
Verb
mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)
(chiefly, British) To abscond, scram, flee.
(intransitive) To yield.
(transitive) To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
Source: Wiktionary
Miz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mizzling.] Etym: [See Misle, and cf. Mistle.]
1. To rain in very fine drops. Spenser.
2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang] As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. Epigram, quoted by Wright.
Miz"zle, n.
Definition: Mist; fine rain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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