Misle
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle. uncountable
- 1 To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.
"I know a woman of fashion, who is perpetually employed in remarks upon the weather, who observes from morning to noon, that it is likely to rain, and from noon to night, that it spits, that it misles, that it is set in for a wet evening; and, being incapable of any other discourse, is as insipid a companion and just as pedantic as he who quotes Aristotle over his tea, or talks Greek at a card-table."
- 2 To mislead. humorous, nonstandard, rare
"I think Caspari has been misling you somewhat on the subject of Scenedesmus: the cells divide essentially as in Chlorella, but stay in 4 or 8-celled colonies until the next division."
Example
More examples"I know a woman of fashion, who is perpetually employed in remarks upon the weather, who observes from morning to noon, that it is likely to rain, and from noon to night, that it spits, that it misles, that it is set in for a wet evening; and, being incapable of any other discourse, is as insipid a companion and just as pedantic as he who quotes Aristotle over his tea, or talks Greek at a card-table."
Etymology
Probably a blend of mist + drizzle.
From misled, the standard irregular past tense of mislead, being misconstrued as *misle + -ed.
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