mizzle

Meaning

Verb

To rain in very fine drops.

Noun

1. (British, dialectal, uncountable) Misty rain; drizzle.
2. (uncountable) A mist; a fine spray; a spattering.

Synonyms

drizzle

sprinkle

drizzling rain

go away

haze

mist

run away

spatter

take off

take a powder

vanish

light rain

slink away

heavy mist

alight

shit off

decamp

dribble

Translations

crachin

bruine

pioggerella

motregenen

Sprühregen

bruiner

lloviznar

pioggerellina

acquerugiola

piovigginare

pioviggine

weggehen

ruixim

ομίχλη

Nieselregen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪzl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: misellen

Cognate with Low German: miseln

Cognate with Dutch: miezelen

Cognate with Old Saxon: mehs

Cognate with English: micturate

Cognate with Old Frisian: mese

Cognate with Low German: miegen

Cognate with Dutch: mijgen

Cognate with Danish: mige

In summary

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”).