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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmɪzl/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mizzle.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmɪzəl/|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪzəl|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|mizz|le}}

===Etymology 1===
From Late {{inh|en|enm|misellen|t=to drizzle}}, cognate with {{cog|nds|miseln}}, {{m|nds|musseln|t=to mizzle}}, {{cog|nl|miezelen|t=to drizzle, rain gently}}. Of obscure origin, possibly a frequentative related to the base of {{m|en|mist}}; or, related to {{der|en|gml|mes|t=urine}}, {{der|en|dum|mes}}, {{m|dum|mis|t=urine}}, both from {{cog|osx|mehs|t=urine}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*mihstuz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*mihstaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*mihsk-|t=urine}}, from {{m|gem-pro|*mīganą|t=to urinate}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*meiǵʰ-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*omeiǵʰ-|t=to urinate}}. Compare also {{cog|en|micturate|t=to urinate}}, {{cog|ofs|mese|t=urine}}, {{cog|nds|miegen|t=to urinate}}, {{cog|nl|mijgen|t=to urinate}}, {{cog|da|mige|t=to urinate}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|Britain|Canada|US|chiefly|dialectal}} To [[rain#Verb|rain]] in very [[fine#Adjective|fine]] [[drop#Noun|drops]].
#: {{synonyms|en|drizzle}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to rain in fine drops}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ръмя}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|miezeren}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|tihkuttaa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|orballar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|мороси́ть}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|Britain|chiefly|dialectal}} [[misty|Misty]] [[rain#Noun|rain]]; [[drizzle#Noun|drizzle]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|mizzly}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|misty rain}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|ръмеж|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tihkusade}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|orballo|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pioggerellina|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|и́зморось|f}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{unk|en}}. Perhaps from {{bor|en|sth|misli|mi(e)sli|go}}.<ref>''An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' {{ISBN|0486122867}}</ref><ref>''Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang'' {{ISBN|0199232059}}</ref>

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|Britain}} To [[abscond]], [[scram]], [[flee]].
#* '''19th c.''' Epigram quoted by [[w:Thomas Wright|Thomas Wright]] (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913:
#*: As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he '''mizzled'''.
#* {{RQ:Dickens David Copperfield|text=“Now you may '''mizzle''', Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”}}
#* '''1986,''' Joan Aiken, ''Dido and Pa'' [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA]
#*: “Now you better '''mizzle''',” Dido told him. “Get back to your own quarters, fast.”
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[yield]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[muddle]] or [[confuse]]. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle ''misled''.)

====References====
<references/>

{{C|en|Rain}}

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