mizzle
1[miz-uh l]South Midland and Southern U.S.
verb (used with or without object), miz·zled, miz·zling.
to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist.
noun
mist or drizzle.
Origin of mizzle
11475–85; cognate with dial Dutch mizzelen, Low German miseln to drizzle; akin to Middle Dutch misel mist, dew; see -le
mizzle
2[miz-uh l]
verb (used without object), miz·zled, miz·zling. British Slang.
Origin of mizzle
2First recorded in 1775–85; origin uncertain
mizzle
3[miz-uh l]
verb (used with object), miz·zled, miz·zling. South Midland and Southern U.S.
Origin of mizzle
3First recorded in 1575–85; origin uncertain
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Related Words for mizzle
sprinkle, spray, dribble, dim, murk, overcast, rain, steam, shower, haze, fog, blur, becloud, obscure, drizzle, film, befog, overcloud, spit, dropExamples from the Web for mizzle
Historical Examples of mizzle
Go where you will, there is Mizzle, if it be in the wrong place for Mizzle's presence.
Let's mizzle, then; for I must get back to Asnires early, or else my brother Martial will smell summut.
Pass a stick through the key-hole, and it's Mizzle's eye that suffers the detriment.
Though I said in my last—wot wos true—I was jest on the mizzle for town.
You could mizzle in through the shop, run upstairs, pop through the door, downstairs next door and out through the back yard.
The Uttermost FarthingR. Austin Freeman
mizzle
1verb, noun
Word Origin for mizzle
C15: perhaps from Low German miseln to drizzle; compare Dutch dialect miezelen to drizzle
mizzle
2verb
Word Origin for mizzle
C18: of unknown origin
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