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mizzle¹

  • /ˈmɪzl/ UK
  • /ˈmɪzəl/ US

Sounds like misle · Rhymes with -ɪzəl

Where it comes from

From 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”).

verb mizzles · mizzling · mizzled

  1. Canada, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive To rain in very fine drops.

    Similar: drizzle

noun

  1. UK, dialectal, uncountable Misty rain; drizzle.
  2. uncountable A mist; a fine spray; a spattering. But he knows he need never be in dread of your blade making a mizzle of his blood or of vengeance arriving ever from this quarter[.]

mizzle²

  • /ˈmɪzl/ UK
  • /ˈmɪzəl/ US

Sounds like misle · Rhymes with -ɪzəl

Where it comes from

Unknown. Perhaps from Shelta mi(e)sli (“go”).

verb mizzles · mizzling · mizzled

  1. UK To abscond, scram, flee. As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.
  2. intransitive To yield.
  3. transitive To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)

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verb to rain in fine drops

Españollloviznar
Русскиймороси́ть morosítʹ

noun misty rain

Españolllovizna
Italianopioggerellina
Русскийи́зморось ízmorosʹ

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@misc{mizzle_2026,
  title = {mizzle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mizzle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}