Word for the day mizzle

[Josiah]

mizzle


[miz-uh l] South Midland and Southern U.S.
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object),mizzled, mizzling.

1.to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist.

noun

2.mist or drizzle.


I try to avoid regional terms and so I wouldn't have picked this word except that it sounds so much like something Winnie the Pooh would say.

 

[oakapple]

Never heard of this word before, a mixture of drizzle and muzzle.In the US do all words ending in le [in the UK] get turned into el?
Example, drizzle, would you spell it as drizzel?

 

[oakapple]

Winnie The Pooh said lots of things, but most of them involved honey!

 

[Meanderer]

Tut, tut...looks like mizzle!

 

[Josiah]

I confess since my childhood only involved the Milne/Shepard books I've never felt any affection for the Disney Pooh. To use a strange metaphor that just appeared in my brain the Disney Pooh is sort of like Wind in the Willows done as a Super Bowl half time show.

I agree that Pooh had a preoccupation with honey, but still he was a more complex character than just that. Consider his steadfast effort to reunite Eeyore with his missing tail.

 

[SeaBreeze]

They mentioned mizzle on a radio show today, I like the word Josiah, and will use it in the future. I often say snizzle, when there's a mix of drizzle and snow by us.