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Definition mizzle

Etymology 1

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 Proto-Germanic *m?gan? (“to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei??-, *omei??- (“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

mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)

1. (intransitive, now regional, Britain, Canada, US) To rain in very fine drops.

Noun

mizzle (uncountable)

1. misty rain or drizzle

Etymology 2

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

Verb

mizzle (third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled)

1. (chiefly Britain) To abscond, scram, flee.

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