Mizzly
//ˈmɪzli// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly. British, dialectal
"As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy."
Example
More examples"As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy."
Etymology
From mizzle (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense ‘behaving like, or having natures typical of [the nouns]’).
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