mizzle
\ MIZ-uhl \, verb;
1.South Midland and Southern U.S . to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist.
noun:
1.South Midland and Southern U.S . mist or drizzle.
Quotes:
But in the midst of my striving it seemed to mizzle gold, with fair drops; I filled my lap, and, running to show it my fellows, it turned to dust.
-- John Lyly, Sapho and Phao , 1584
Clouds as heavy as pregnant sows slopped across the sky from northwest to southeast. Occasionally a little rain mizzled down.
-- Frederick Manfred, Scarlet Plume , 1964
Origin:
Mizzle is related to the Low German term miseln meaning "to drizzle." It entered English in the mid-1400s.
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