mizzlen.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Forms: see mizzle v.¹; also late Middle English mysell.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: mizzle v.¹; Dutch misel.

Etymology: Either < mizzle v.¹ or independently < Middle Dutch misel, mysel drizzling rain, probably (although attested earlier) < the base of early modern Dutch mieselen (see mizzle v.¹).

Now colloquial and regional (British and North American).

Very fine misty rain; drizzle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain

roke1292

mull-rain1440

mizzle1490

rugc1540

drizzlea1612

dag1808

smur1808

sprinkle1829

skew1839

fret1982

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 And tormented [them] Rygth asperly with Rayne mysell, and grete heyle stones amonge.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 49 Snow and Misle.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xii. 322 A misle of Vapour or Fume may be extenuated into some hundreds [of miles] at least.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 111 A mist, which successively becomes a mizzle, a drizzle, a shower, a rain, a torrent.

1860 All Year Round 8 Sept. 512 The sorts of rain are natural (as cat-and-dog-rains, showers and mizzle) and unnatural.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 92 There was a bit of a mizzle.

1945 A. J. Massingham Wisdom of Fields viii. 165 No rain, only mizzle, had fallen on these orchards for weeks of the worst drought in living memory.

1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel x. 204 The neighbours would not be likely to air themselves in their gardens in a steady mizzle.

1990 N. Hill Death grows on You (1992) vi. 72 Outside in the street there is a fine mizzle of rain coming down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mizzlen.²

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mizzle v.³

Etymology: < mizzle v.³

slang. Now rare.

A disappearance, a sudden or surreptitious departure. Esp. in to do a mizzle: to depart suddenly, to vanish. Cf. mizzle v.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing

vanishingc1405

vading1570

disparition1597

disappearing1610

disparence1617

disappearance1625

discharge1626

evaporating1630

evanishing1633

vanish1650

disapparition1657

evanescency1664

evanescence1751

mizzle1789

evanitiona1797

evanishment1797

evaporation1824

occultation1825

vanishment1831

furling1836

disappearing trick1870

disappearing act1884

fade-away1911

fade-out1924

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy

moonlight flitting1721

mizzle1789

sneak1819

moonlight flit1824

guy1889

moonlight1958

1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 143 When they make their escape from a constable, I tipt him the rum mizzle.

1897 N.Z. Observer & Free Lance 15 May 10/2 My friends and I will do a mizzle; The meeting's ended in a fizzle.

1912 R. A. Freeman Singing Bone 79 Clothes washed up on the Bill next day. No trace of fugitive. As neat a mizzle as ever I heard of.

1917 N.Z. Truth 1 Dec. 5 Five years ago he did a ‘mizzle’ and left her.

1927 Argosy Feb. 64/1 ‘It looks,’ the Superintendent remarked as we crossed the inner court, ‘as if Mr. Carrington had done a mizzle’.

1930 R. A. Freeman Mr. Pottermack's Oversight x. 183 I always wondered if you had managed to do a mizzle, you are such an uncommonly downy bird.

1962 F. Clune Pirates of Brig Cyprus xxi. 125 ‘You cowardly dog,’ Watts snarled. ‘Trying to do a mizzle.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mizzlev.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English miselle, late Middle English myssyll, late Middle English–1500s misel, 1500s mesel, 1500s misell, 1500s mizel, 1500s mizsel, 1500s mizsell, 1500s mysel, 1500s mysell, 1500s mysle, 1500s myssel, 1500s–1700s misle, 1500s–1800s mizle, 1500s– mizzle, 1600s mizell, 1600s–1700s mistle, 1700s meazle (Scottish), 1700s–1800s missle; English regional (northern) 1800s– measle, 1800s– mezel, 1800s– misle, 1800s– missel, 1800s– mistle, 1800s– mizzel.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from a West Germanic language. Etymon: mizzle n.¹

Etymology: Either < mizzle n.¹ (although attested slightly earlier) or independently < the base of early modern Dutch mieselen , Dutch regional miezelen , Dutch regional (West Flanders) mizzelen , mijzelen , German regional (Low German) mieseln , museln ; further etymology uncertain (perhaps frequentative formations (compare -le suffix 3) from a base represented by the first element of Dutch regional miesregen drizzle, and of the adjectives miezig , miezerig drizzly). Compare mizzle n.¹ and Middle Dutch noun forms cited s.v.

Now colloquial and regional (British and North American).

1. intransitive. To rain in very fine droplets; to drizzle. Usually with non-referential it as subject. Also †to mizzle of rain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain fine rain

mugc1400

mizzle1439

mull1440

drizzle1566

haze1691

dag1825

smur1825

1439 [implied in: 1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa cum myslyng. (at mizzling n.)].

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v To myssyll [1483 BL Add. 89074 Miselle], pluuitare.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 130 Il brvýne, it misleth.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 208 Up, Colin, up! Now gynnes to mizzle, hye we homeward fast.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 79 If it chanced to mizzle of raine, hee tooke that for a luckie signe.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 48 The raine..came not drizling or mizling downe vpon me.

1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Mar. (1948) II. 523 It has raind or mizzled all day.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Misle, (q.d. to mistle, i.e. to rain in a Mist, of Mieselen, Du.) to rain small.

1788 E. Butler Diary 12 Jan. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) vi. 142 My Beloved and I went the Home Circuit, very dark, inclined to mizzle.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. i. 17 Because it began to mizzle, he darted away..and borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer Mitchell's.

1852 M. R. Mitford Recoll. I. 81 On the morning in question, it did not absolutely rain, it only mizzled.

1863 J. Turrill Diary Dec. in Oxfordshire Market Gardener (1993) 19 We have had no rain... It just missled every morning.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 101 It mizzles a bit but it won't be mich rain.

1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 565 Mizzle, to rain in fine or foglike drops.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 187/1 Mizzle, to rain in very fine drops, drizzle.

1991 M. Dibdin Dirty Tricks (BNC) 23 It was mizzling steadily, so I had lashed out on a minibus ticket.

†2. transitive. To send down in a fine shower. Also with non-referential it as subject. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > fall upon or wet with rain [verb (transitive)] > send down as drizzle

mizzle1584

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. iii. 59 It seemed to mysell gold, with faire drops.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xxxix. 174 Some Cloudes but misell Rayne.

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mizzlev.²

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s misle, 1500s mizzel, 1600s mizel, 1800s– mizzle.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; probably a frequentative formation (compare -le suffix 3). Perhaps connected with mizmaze n. (compare sense 2 s.v.). Compare later maizel v. Compare mizzled adj.²Quot. 1599 could perhaps alternatively be interpreted as showing misled , past participle of mislead v. The following perhaps shows mizzled as a graphic representation of a misreading of misled , past participle of mislead v.:1999 Scotsman 30 Apr. 23/4 Do not be mizzled, I mean misled, by their propaganda.

Now regional (British and North American).

transitive. To confuse, muddle, mystify; to intoxicate, befuddle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

abobc1330

confusec1350

confoundc1374

cumbera1375

passc1384

maskerc1400

mopc1425

enose1430

manga1450

overmusec1460

perplex1477

maze1482

enmuse1502

ruffle?a1505

unsteady1532

entangle1540

duddle1548

intricate1548

distraught1579

distract1582

mizzle1583

moider1587

amuse1595

mist1598

bepuzzle1599

gravel1601

plunder1601

puzzle1603

intrigue1612

vexa1613

metagrobolize?a1616

befumea1618

fuddle1617

crucify1621

bumfiddlea1625

implicate1625

giddify1628

wilder1642

buzzlea1644

empuzzle1646

dunce1649

addle1652

meander1652

emberlucock1653

flounder1654

study1654

disorient1655

embarrass?1656

essome1660

embrangle1664

jumble1668

dunt1672

muse1673

clutter1685

emblustricate1693

fluster1720

disorientate1728

obfuscate1729

fickle1736

flustrate1797

unharmonize1797

mystify1806

maffle1811

boggle1835

unballast1836

stomber1841

throw1844

serpentine1850

unbalance1856

tickle1865

fog1872

bumfuzzle1878

wander1897

to put off1909

defeat1914

dither1919

befuddle1926

ungear1931

to screw up1941

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk

dozy1568

to gild over1574

mizzle1583

flustera1616

stain1631

elevatea1704

flustrate1712

jollify1824

tipsify1837

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (new ed.) i. sig. Hii Their heades pretely mizzeled with wine.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E3 Though he be mump, misled, blind, or as it were, tis no consequent to me.

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 81 They were by their owne ignorance mizeled, or by their blind guides miss-led.

1942 Amer. Speech 17 171 To Mizzle... The writer's informant used it in the sense of ‘to confuse’ or ‘to muddle’.

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mizzlev.³

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s– mizzle, 1800s misli; also English regional 1800s– missle (Lancashire), 1800s– mizel (Yorkshire), 1800s– mizzel (Dorset), 1900s– moizle (Yorkshire); U.S. regional 1800s– mizzel, 1800s– mizzil; Scottish 1900s– missil.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Shelta. Etymon: Shelta misli.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Shelta misli to go (although this itself is of entirely uncertain origin, and may even be a loan of the English word).The form misli (in quot. 1891 at sense 1) probably reflects the Shelta form.

slang.

1. intransitive. To go away suddenly; to vanish, disappear. Frequently with off. Also in imperative: ‘go away!’In quot. 1839: to give up or yield.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

1772 W. Paris in Ordinary of Newgate's Acct. July 15/2 But if that you [sc. a transported thief] should be so deep, To mizzle from that place [sc. America]; You can't help coming to your Polls To shew your silly face.

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 231 He preferred mizzling off to France.

1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry (1828) i. iv. 20 Now then Dicky, mizzle!—be scarce!—broom!

1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 11 Yow who cry this mus' mizzle.

1863 C. St. John Nat. Hist. Moray 78 When it saw us the trout immediately turned itself round, and mizzled back into the pool it had come from.

1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. vii. 125 You won't dare to tell me that you hadn't seen Ferdinand when you two mizzled off from the College?

1890 F. W. Carew No. 747 xxxvii. 434 Misli in an 'our and a 'arf.

1895 T. Hardy Jude i. vii. 50 Arabella! Here's your young man come coorting! Mizzel, my girl!

1904 Morning Post 6 Feb. 4/1 He mizzled into the general company, and I hope he enjoyed his luncheon.

1932 E. Tooné Yankee Slang 26 Mizzle, to disappear suddenly; decamp; run off.

1976 Norwich Mercury 19 Nov. 6/6 But seein as I dint, I jest slewed round an begun to mizzle orf back up tha passidge tha way I come.

2. transitive. Nautical. to mizzle one's dick: to miss one's passage. rare.

ΚΠ

1925 J. Masefield Sard Harker iii. 134 He had broken his word..and missed his passage; ‘mizzled his dick’, as Pompey Hopkins called it.

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mizzlev.⁴

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)l/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Etymons: moan v., grizzle v.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of moan v. and grizzle v.² Perhaps compare also misery n.

intransitive. Esp. of a child: to complain, grumble; to moan, whimper.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively

whingea1150

whinec1275

plaina1425

fipple?1507

whimper1513

mewla1530

pulea1535

whimp1549

whewla1560

simper1613

whindle1709

grizzle1842

squinny1847

wimick1850

mizzlea1935

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xiv. 49 The question took a self-pitiful turn, and I mizzled gently in the white-walled silence.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 134 To complain: to mizzle and to whinge (whence come the nouns mizzler and whinger, and the verbal nouns mizzling and whingeing).

1998 R. Hill On Beulah Height (1999) I. i. 3 Before I could start mizzling, sound of a machine starting up came through the morning air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1490

n.²1789

v.¹1439

v.²1583

v.³1772

v.⁴a1935

单词	mizzle
释义	mizzlen.¹ Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Forms: see mizzle v.¹; also late Middle English mysell. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: mizzle v.¹; Dutch misel. Etymology: Either < mizzle v.¹ or independently < Middle Dutch misel, mysel drizzling rain, probably (although attested earlier) < the base of early modern Dutch mieselen (see mizzle v.¹). Now colloquial and regional (British and North American). Very fine misty rain; drizzle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain roke1292 mull-rain1440 mizzle1490 rugc1540 drizzlea1612 dag1808 smur1808 sprinkle1829 skew1839 fret1982 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 And tormented [them] Rygth asperly with Rayne mysell, and grete heyle stones amonge. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 49 Snow and Misle. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xii. 322 A misle of Vapour or Fume may be extenuated into some hundreds [of miles] at least. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 111 A mist, which successively becomes a mizzle, a drizzle, a shower, a rain, a torrent. 1860 All Year Round 8 Sept. 512 The sorts of rain are natural (as cat-and-dog-rains, showers and mizzle) and unnatural. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 92 There was a bit of a mizzle. 1945 A. J. Massingham Wisdom of Fields viii. 165 No rain, only mizzle, had fallen on these orchards for weeks of the worst drought in living memory. 1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel x. 204 The neighbours would not be likely to air themselves in their gardens in a steady mizzle. 1990 N. Hill Death grows on You (1992) vi. 72 Outside in the street there is a fine mizzle of rain coming down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mizzlen.² Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mizzle v.³ Etymology: < mizzle v.³ slang. Now rare. A disappearance, a sudden or surreptitious departure. Esp. in to do a mizzle: to depart suddenly, to vanish. Cf. mizzle v.³ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing vanishingc1405 vading1570 disparition1597 disappearing1610 disparence1617 disappearance1625 discharge1626 evaporating1630 evanishing1633 vanish1650 disapparition1657 evanescency1664 evanescence1751 mizzle1789 evanitiona1797 evanishment1797 evaporation1824 occultation1825 vanishment1831 furling1836 disappearing trick1870 disappearing act1884 fade-away1911 fade-out1924 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy moonlight flitting1721 mizzle1789 sneak1819 moonlight flit1824 guy1889 moonlight1958 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 143 When they make their escape from a constable, I tipt him the rum mizzle. 1897 N.Z. Observer & Free Lance 15 May 10/2 My friends and I will do a mizzle; The meeting's ended in a fizzle. 1912 R. A. Freeman Singing Bone 79 Clothes washed up on the Bill next day. No trace of fugitive. As neat a mizzle as ever I heard of. 1917 N.Z. Truth 1 Dec. 5 Five years ago he did a ‘mizzle’ and left her. 1927 Argosy Feb. 64/1 ‘It looks,’ the Superintendent remarked as we crossed the inner court, ‘as if Mr. Carrington had done a mizzle’. 1930 R. A. Freeman Mr. Pottermack's Oversight x. 183 I always wondered if you had managed to do a mizzle, you are such an uncommonly downy bird. 1962 F. Clune Pirates of Brig Cyprus xxi. 125 ‘You cowardly dog,’ Watts snarled. ‘Trying to do a mizzle.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mizzlev.¹ Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English miselle, late Middle English myssyll, late Middle English–1500s misel, 1500s mesel, 1500s misell, 1500s mizel, 1500s mizsel, 1500s mizsell, 1500s mysel, 1500s mysell, 1500s mysle, 1500s myssel, 1500s–1700s misle, 1500s–1800s mizle, 1500s– mizzle, 1600s mizell, 1600s–1700s mistle, 1700s meazle (Scottish), 1700s–1800s missle; English regional (northern) 1800s– measle, 1800s– mezel, 1800s– misle, 1800s– missel, 1800s– mistle, 1800s– mizzel. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from a West Germanic language. Etymon: mizzle n.¹ Etymology: Either < mizzle n.¹ (although attested slightly earlier) or independently < the base of early modern Dutch mieselen , Dutch regional miezelen , Dutch regional (West Flanders) mizzelen , mijzelen , German regional (Low German) mieseln , museln ; further etymology uncertain (perhaps frequentative formations (compare -le suffix 3) from a base represented by the first element of Dutch regional miesregen drizzle, and of the adjectives miezig , miezerig drizzly). Compare mizzle n.¹ and Middle Dutch noun forms cited s.v. Now colloquial and regional (British and North American). 1. intransitive. To rain in very fine droplets; to drizzle. Usually with non-referential it as subject. Also †to mizzle of rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain fine rain mugc1400 mizzle1439 mull1440 drizzle1566 haze1691 dag1825 smur1825 1439 [implied in: 1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa cum myslyng. (at mizzling n.)]. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v To myssyll [1483 BL Add. 89074 Miselle], pluuitare. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 130 Il brvýne, it misleth. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 208 Up, Colin, up! Now gynnes to mizzle, hye we homeward fast. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 79 If it chanced to mizzle of raine, hee tooke that for a luckie signe. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 48 The raine..came not drizling or mizling downe vpon me. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 Mar. (1948) II. 523 It has raind or mizzled all day. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Misle, (q.d. to mistle, i.e. to rain in a Mist, of Mieselen, Du.) to rain small. 1788 E. Butler Diary 12 Jan. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) vi. 142 My Beloved and I went the Home Circuit, very dark, inclined to mizzle. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. i. 17 Because it began to mizzle, he darted away..and borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer Mitchell's. View more context for this quotation 1852 M. R. Mitford Recoll. I. 81 On the morning in question, it did not absolutely rain, it only mizzled. 1863 J. Turrill Diary Dec. in Oxfordshire Market Gardener (1993) 19 We have had no rain... It just missled every morning. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 101 It mizzles a bit but it won't be mich rain. 1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 565 Mizzle, to rain in fine or foglike drops. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 187/1 Mizzle, to rain in very fine drops, drizzle. 1991 M. Dibdin Dirty Tricks (BNC) 23 It was mizzling steadily, so I had lashed out on a minibus ticket. †2. transitive. To send down in a fine shower. Also with non-referential it as subject. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > fall upon or wet with rain [verb (transitive)] > send down as drizzle mizzle1584 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. iii. 59 It seemed to mysell gold, with faire drops. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xxxix. 174 Some Cloudes but misell Rayne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mizzlev.² Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s misle, 1500s mizzel, 1600s mizel, 1800s– mizzle. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; probably a frequentative formation (compare -le suffix 3). Perhaps connected with mizmaze n. (compare sense 2 s.v.). Compare later maizel v. Compare mizzled adj.²Quot. 1599 could perhaps alternatively be interpreted as showing misled , past participle of mislead v. The following perhaps shows mizzled as a graphic representation of a misreading of misled , past participle of mislead v.:1999 Scotsman 30 Apr. 23/4 Do not be mizzled, I mean misled, by their propaganda. Now regional (British and North American). transitive. To confuse, muddle, mystify; to intoxicate, befuddle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk dozy1568 to gild over1574 mizzle1583 flustera1616 stain1631 elevatea1704 flustrate1712 jollify1824 tipsify1837 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (new ed.) i. sig. Hii Their heades pretely mizzeled with wine. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E3 Though he be mump, misled, blind, or as it were, tis no consequent to me. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 81 They were by their owne ignorance mizeled, or by their blind guides miss-led. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 171 To Mizzle... The writer's informant used it in the sense of ‘to confuse’ or ‘to muddle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mizzlev.³ Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s– mizzle, 1800s misli; also English regional 1800s– missle (Lancashire), 1800s– mizel (Yorkshire), 1800s– mizzel (Dorset), 1900s– moizle (Yorkshire); U.S. regional 1800s– mizzel, 1800s– mizzil; Scottish 1900s– missil. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Shelta. Etymon: Shelta misli. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Shelta misli to go (although this itself is of entirely uncertain origin, and may even be a loan of the English word).The form misli (in quot. 1891 at sense 1) probably reflects the Shelta form. slang. 1. intransitive. To go away suddenly; to vanish, disappear. Frequently with off. Also in imperative: ‘go away!’In quot. 1839: to give up or yield. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 1772 W. Paris in Ordinary of Newgate's Acct. July 15/2 But if that you [sc. a transported thief] should be so deep, To mizzle from that place [sc. America]; You can't help coming to your Polls To shew your silly face. 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 231 He preferred mizzling off to France. 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry (1828) i. iv. 20 Now then Dicky, mizzle!—be scarce!—broom! 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 11 Yow who cry this mus' mizzle. 1863 C. St. John Nat. Hist. Moray 78 When it saw us the trout immediately turned itself round, and mizzled back into the pool it had come from. 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. vii. 125 You won't dare to tell me that you hadn't seen Ferdinand when you two mizzled off from the College? 1890 F. W. Carew No. 747 xxxvii. 434 Misli in an 'our and a 'arf. 1895 T. Hardy Jude i. vii. 50 Arabella! Here's your young man come coorting! Mizzel, my girl! 1904 Morning Post 6 Feb. 4/1 He mizzled into the general company, and I hope he enjoyed his luncheon. 1932 E. Tooné Yankee Slang 26 Mizzle, to disappear suddenly; decamp; run off. 1976 Norwich Mercury 19 Nov. 6/6 But seein as I dint, I jest slewed round an begun to mizzle orf back up tha passidge tha way I come. 2. transitive. Nautical. to mizzle one's dick: to miss one's passage. rare. ΚΠ 1925 J. Masefield Sard Harker iii. 134 He had broken his word..and missed his passage; ‘mizzled his dick’, as Pompey Hopkins called it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mizzlev.⁴ Brit. /ˈmɪzl/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)l/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Etymons: moan v., grizzle v.² Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of moan v. and grizzle v.² Perhaps compare also misery n. intransitive. Esp. of a child: to complain, grumble; to moan, whimper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively whingea1150 whinec1275 plaina1425 fipple?1507 whimper1513 mewla1530 pulea1535 whimp1549 whewla1560 simper1613 whindle1709 grizzle1842 squinny1847 wimick1850 mizzlea1935 a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xiv. 49 The question took a self-pitiful turn, and I mizzled gently in the white-walled silence. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 134 To complain: to mizzle and to whinge (whence come the nouns mizzler and whinger, and the verbal nouns mizzling and whingeing). 1998 R. Hill On Beulah Height (1999) I. i. 3 Before I could start mizzling, sound of a machine starting up came through the morning air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1490n.²1789v.¹1439v.²1583v.³1772v.⁴a1935
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