mistle

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪsəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsəl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Old English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistil (“mistle”), from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz (“mistle”).

Noun[edit]

mistle (countable and uncountable, plural mistles)

  1. (obsolete) mistletoe
  2. (countable) the mistle thrush

Etymology 2[edit]

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Verb[edit]

mistle (third-person singular simple present mistles, present participle mistling, simple past and past participle mistled)

  1. To fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.
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Noun[edit]

mistle

  1. puma, cat.
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