mizzle

Meanings

Noun

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
Misty rain; drizzle.

Verb

rain lightly
To rain in very fine drops.
To abscond, scram, flee.
To yield.
To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)

Origin / 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 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”).

Synonyms

drizzle

Scrabble Score: 26

mizzle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mizzle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mizzle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 28

mizzle is a valid Words With Friends word