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mizzle

1 American  
[miz-uhl] / ˈmɪz əl /

verb (used with or without object)

mizzled, mizzling

  1. to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist.

noun

  1. mist or drizzle.

mizzle 2 American  
[miz-uhl] / ˈmɪz əl /

verb (used without object)

British Slang.
mizzled, mizzling

  1. to disappear or leave suddenly.

mizzle 3 American  
[miz-uhl] / ˈmɪz əl /

verb (used with object)

South Midland and Southern U.S.
mizzled, mizzling

  1. to confuse; muddle.

mizzle 1 British  
/ ˈmɪzəl /

verb

  1. a dialect word for drizzle

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mizzle 2 British  
/ ˈmɪzəl /

verb

  1. slang (intr) to decamp

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Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of mizzle1

First recorded in 1475–85; late Middle English missellen, missill; cognate with Dutch (dialect) mizzelen, Low German miseln “to drizzle”; akin to Middle Dutch misel “mist, dew”; see -le

Origin of mizzle2

First recorded in 1775–85; origin uncertain

Origin of mizzle3

First recorded in 1575–85; origin uncertain

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Mizzle, a gray-green, gets its name from a colloquialism for that familiar British weather condition halfway between mist and drizzle.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019

Mathew Mizzle can show you the evidences to this day, scored, as it were, upon the living parchment, and engrossed in characters not to be misunderstood upon the cuticular binding of his physical identity.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

There was another source of trouble to Mathew Mizzle.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Go where you will, there is Mizzle, if it be in the wrong place for Mizzle's presence.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

This circumstance afforded material to the editor of the Mail, Mr Edward Farrer, for an amusing article, bearing the alliterative title, 'The Murderer's Midnight Mizzle, or the Ruffian's Race for Rimouski.'

From The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion by Pope, Joseph, Sir

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