mizzle1 ['m?z(?)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.
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mizzle2 ['m?z(?)l]
¦ verb Brit. informal, dated vanish.
Origin
C18: of unknown origin.