Sozzle

//ˈsɒzəl// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who spills water or other liquids carelessly. archaic
  2. 2
    An untidy woman. archaic
  3. 3
    A confusedly mingled mass or heap.
Verb
  1. 1
    To splash or wet carelessly. US, dialectal

    "A sandpiper glided weet weeting along the shore; she ran after it, but could not catch it; she sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam"

  2. 2
    To heap up in confusion.

    "she sozzled out that red scarf, which looks so lovely around her neck, for him. Just ruined it."

Example

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"A sandpiper glided weet weeting along the shore; she ran after it, but could not catch it; she sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam"

Etymology

From a variant of sossle, equivalent to soss + -le (frequentative suffix).

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