mizzling

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

mizzling

  1. present participle and gerund of mizzle

Adjective[edit]

mizzling (comparative more mizzling, superlative most mizzling)

  1. Of rain: falling very finely; drizzling. [from 15th c.]
  2. Of a day, weather conditions etc.: drizzly. [from 17th c.]
    • 1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 2:
      It had its starting-point late on a March afternoon at the end of a still, mizzling day.

Noun[edit]

mizzling (uncountable)

  1. a thick mist or fine rain