mizzle

  • 11mizzle — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mist, drizzle, sprinkle, shower, trickle, ooze, dribble, rain in small drops; see also rain …

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  • 12mizzle — Light precipitation that is, in density, heavier than a mist, but lighter than a drizzle. Look, kids, it s mizzling again …

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  • 13mizzle — Light precipitation that is, in density, heavier than a mist, but lighter than a drizzle. Look, kids, it s mizzling again …

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  • 14mizzle — miz·zle || mɪzl n. drizzle, light rain; drizzling rain v. drizzle, rain lightly …

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  • 15mizzle — mizzle1 [ mɪz(ə)l] chiefly dialect noun light rain; drizzle. verb (it mizzles, it is mizzling, etc.) rain lightly. Derivatives mizzly adjective Origin ME (as v.): prob. a frequentative from the base of mist …

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  • 16mizzle — v. n. [Written also Misle and Mistle.] Rain (in small drops), drizzle, mist …

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  • 17mizzle — miz·zle …

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  • 18mizzle — miz•zle [[t]ˈmɪz əl[/t]] v. zled, zling, n. 1) to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist 2) a misty drizzle • Etymology: 1475–85; c. dial. D mizzelen, LG miseln to drizzle; akin to MD misel mist, dew; see le miz′zly, adj …

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  • 19mizzle — /ˈmɪzəl/ (say mizuhl) verb (i) (mizzled, mizzling) 1. to rain in very fine drops. –noun 2. such fine rain. {Middle English; origin uncertain; a frequentative formation with the suffix le} …

  • 20mizzle — 1. n. & v.intr. drizzle. Derivatives: mizzly adj. Etymology: ME, prob. f. LG miseln: cf. MDu. miezelen 2. v.intr. Brit. sl. run away; decamp. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn …

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