“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
MIZZLED
Etymology 1
Verb
mizzled
simple past tense and past participle of mizzle
Etymology 2
Verb
mizzled
(humorous) Deliberate misspelling of misled.
Source: Wiktionary
MIZZLE
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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