Mizzle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɪzl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mizzle is a verb meaning (intransitive, British, Canada, US, chiefly dialectal) To rain in very fine drops.
Meaning
(intransitive, British, Canada, US, chiefly dialectal) To rain in very fine drops.
More Meanings
- (British, chiefly dialectal) Misty rain; drizzle.
- A mist; a fine spray; a spattering.
- (intransitive) To yield.
- (transitive) To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
- (chiefly British) To abscond, scram, flee.
Example Sentences
As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.
When a gawping Byzantine head bounced past his feet, and a mizzle of blood settled upon him, something changed.
“Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
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[.]
Word Forms
- mizzles
- mizzling
- mizzled
Synonyms for mizzle
Depending on context, synonyms include drizzle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drizzle, mire, mussitate, maft, mimmer, maudle.
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