mizzle
1 synonym for mizzle, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To rain lightly, in very small drops.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
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 Sax...
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