mizzle


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mizzle1 /ˈmɪz(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.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mizzle2 /ˈmɪz(ə)l/
verb Brit. informal, dated vanish.
– origin C18: of unknown origin.
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