mizzling

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adjective

Of rain: falling very finely; drizzling.

First used 15th c.Scrabble 29

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mizzle
adjectivemizzling (comparative more mizzling, superlative most mizzling)

comparative more mizzling · superlative most mizzling

  1. Of rain: falling very finely; drizzling.First known use 15th c.
  2. Of a day, weather conditions etc.: drizzly.First known use 17th c.

    It had its starting-point late on a March afternoon at the end of a still, mizzling day.

    1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 2
nounmizzling (uncountable)
  1. uncountablea thick mist or fine rain
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