Mizzle Definition

mĭzəl

mizzled, mizzles, mizzling

verb

mizzled, mizzles, mizzling

To rain in fine, mistlike droplets; drizzle.

American Heritage

To rain in a fine mist; drizzle.

Webster's New World

To make a sudden departure.

American Heritage

(intransitive, now regional, UK, North America) To rain in very fine drops.

Wiktionary

(chiefly UK) To abscond, scram, flee.

Wiktionary

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noun

A misty rain; drizzle.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Mizzle

From Middle English misellen (“to drizzle"). Cognate with Low German musseln (“to mizzle"), Dutch miezelen (“to drizzle, rain gently"). Of obscure origin, but apparently related to Middle Low German mes (“urine"), Middle Dutch mes, mis (“urine"), both from Old Saxon mehs (“urine"), from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz, *mihstaz, *mihsk- (“urine"), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ«ganÄ… (“to urinate"), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ-, *omeiǵʰ- (“to urinate"). Compare also English micturate (“to urinate"), Old Frisian mese (“urine"), Low German miegen (“to urinate"), Dutch mijgen (“to urinate"), Danish mige (“to urinate").

From Wiktionary
Middle English misellen probably akin to Dutch dialectal mieselen meigh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Unknown

From Wiktionary

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