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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