mizzle
To rain in very fine dropsTo rain in very fine drops.
» It was mizzling.
Es nieselte leicht. — Yorwba
Моросил дождь. — marafon
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4 senses(Canada, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive)To rain in very fine drops.
мороси́тьmorosítʹ
rain lightly
(UK)To abscond, scram, flee.
(intransitive)To yield.
(transitive)To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
Examples
1 sentencesTranslations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Late Middle English misellen (“to drizzle”), cognate with Low German miseln, musselnFrom Late Middle English misellen (“to drizzle”), cognate with Low German miseln, musseln (“to mizzle”), Dutch miezelen (“to drizzle, rain gently”). Of obscure origin, possibly a frequentative related to the base of mist; or, 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 *mīganą (“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”).
Unknown. Perhaps from Shelta mi(e)sli (“go”).
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Forms
mizzles, mizzling, mizzled, mizzledSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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