mizzlingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈmɪzlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see mizzle v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also late Middle English myslyng, 1500s mesellynge; Irish English 1800s mizlen, 1800s– mizleen.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mizzle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹ (although attested slightly earlier than the verb). Compare early modern Dutch mieselinge (1574).

Now regional (British and North American).

Fine rain or drizzle; the falling of such rain. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > specific manners of falling

mizzling1439

showering1592

pelting1608

peppering1845

pelt1887

1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa cum myslyng.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v Myssyllynge [1483 BL Add. 89074 Miselynge], Nimbus.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 698 Of Pliades he prechid with ther drowsy chere, Immoysturid with mislyng and ay droppyng dry.

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. xxxii. f. lvii^v My speach flowe as doeth the dewe, as the mesellynge vpon the herbes.

1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer ii, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 7 They..doe put their frute gathered, into the middes of their garden, in the raine and miselings, vppon the bare earth.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 64 They [sc. clouds] are condensed..into drops of water, which if they come down very small, are called misling, if greater, rain.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 73 In the Evening we had a shower of rain..which was the first, save onely a little mizling, that we had seen fall since our departure from Aleppo.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Mizzling, the falling of very small Rain, after a Fog in Winter or at some other Times.

1843 H. D. Thoreau Let. 8 June in Corr. (1958) 112 I must wait for a shower of shillings, or at least a slight dew or mizzling of sixpences, before I explore New York very far.

1976 A. Garner Mountain-ese 58 It ain't rainin' much, jist a mizzlin' uv fallin' weather.

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

mizzlingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪzl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈmɪzlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see mizzle v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also late Middle English mysling, 1600s mizzleing, 1600s–1800s mistling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mizzle v.¹ + -ing suffix² (although attested slightly earlier than the verb).

a. Of rain, etc.: falling in fine particles; drizzling. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > light or slight

mizzling1439

spitting1567

mizzly1853

1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa et mysling cum pluvia multa erga noctem.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xviii. B There fel a myslinge shower, like a dew.

1584 R. Greene Gwyndonius f. 15^v The misling showers of your mercye.

1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron iii, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. L3^v The misling breath of policie.

1655 R. Davenport King Iohn & Matilda v sig. I4^v These [eyes] sheed..misling showers.

1716 J. Perry State of Russia 119 The Rain is then usually missling and small.

1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies iv. 87 The Air..feels more moist when the Water is..in meazling and soaking Rains, than in great Showers.

1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 133 The weather dark with small mizzling Rain, and a large Swelling Sea.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 87 The breeze had not seemed to waft the sighs of the murdered to her; it had wafted nothing worse than a thick mizzling rain.

1827 Sporting Mag. 20 397 Tuesday morning came in with a nasty mistling rain.

1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve III. iii. 77 A slow, mizzling rain was falling.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 92 There was a mizzling rain.

1929 ‘E. H. Visiak’ Medusa xvii. 212 The look of him was like a cold chill mizzling rain.

1960 W. Percy Moviegoer iv. iv. 191 The cold mizzling rain smells of sour paper pulp.

2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. 16 Sun blazing down on Australia Day, just mizzling rain driving holidaymakers to seek shelter.

b. Of a day, weather, etc.: drizzly. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly

drizzling1566

mizzly1566

mizzlinga1642

drizzly1694

mothery1866

smurry1888

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 47 If the morninge bee wette and mislinge.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 745 Wet and Mistling Weather.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 55 In misling days..With nappy beer I to the barn repair'd.

1791 J. Byng Diary 2 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 354 Up at seven o'clock to a missling morn.

a1845 R. H. Barham My Lett. in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 352 Another mizzling, drizzling, day!

1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 99 Who'd iver athort ov zeeing yü theāse way, sich a mizzling day as this is, tü.

1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 35 She understands the seasons of a man, knows if he will have a mizzling spirit, and when melancholy will rain upon him for forty days and nights.

1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 30 Dec. 21 There was no snow for Christmas, only clouds and mizzling weather.

1998 Financial Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. 19 This may make it seem a melancholy town; and indeed, on a mizzling spring day, that is how it looks.

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

单词	mizzling
释义	mizzlingn. Brit. /ˈmɪzl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɪzlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see mizzle v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also late Middle English myslyng, 1500s mesellynge; Irish English 1800s mizlen, 1800s– mizleen. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mizzle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹ (although attested slightly earlier than the verb). Compare early modern Dutch mieselinge (1574). Now regional (British and North American). Fine rain or drizzle; the falling of such rain. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > specific manners of falling mizzling1439 showering1592 pelting1608 peppering1845 pelt1887 1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa cum myslyng. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v Myssyllynge [1483 BL Add. 89074 Miselynge], Nimbus. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 698 Of Pliades he prechid with ther drowsy chere, Immoysturid with mislyng and ay droppyng dry. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. xxxii. f. lvii^v My speach flowe as doeth the dewe, as the mesellynge vpon the herbes. 1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer ii, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 7 They..doe put their frute gathered, into the middes of their garden, in the raine and miselings, vppon the bare earth. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 64 They [sc. clouds] are condensed..into drops of water, which if they come down very small, are called misling, if greater, rain. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 73 In the Evening we had a shower of rain..which was the first, save onely a little mizling, that we had seen fall since our departure from Aleppo. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Mizzling, the falling of very small Rain, after a Fog in Winter or at some other Times. 1843 H. D. Thoreau Let. 8 June in Corr. (1958) 112 I must wait for a shower of shillings, or at least a slight dew or mizzling of sixpences, before I explore New York very far. 1976 A. Garner Mountain-ese 58 It ain't rainin' much, jist a mizzlin' uv fallin' weather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mizzlingadj. Brit. /ˈmɪzl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɪzlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see mizzle v.¹ and -ing suffix²; also late Middle English mysling, 1600s mizzleing, 1600s–1800s mistling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mizzle v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < mizzle v.¹ + -ing suffix² (although attested slightly earlier than the verb). a. Of rain, etc.: falling in fine particles; drizzling. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > light or slight mizzling1439 spitting1567 mizzly1853 1439 in Jrnl. Meteorol. (1984) 9 75 Dies tenebrosa et mysling cum pluvia multa erga noctem. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xviii. B There fel a myslinge shower, like a dew. 1584 R. Greene Gwyndonius f. 15^v The misling showers of your mercye. 1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron iii, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. L3^v The misling breath of policie. 1655 R. Davenport King Iohn & Matilda v sig. I4^v These [eyes] sheed..misling showers. 1716 J. Perry State of Russia 119 The Rain is then usually missling and small. 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies iv. 87 The Air..feels more moist when the Water is..in meazling and soaking Rains, than in great Showers. 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 133 The weather dark with small mizzling Rain, and a large Swelling Sea. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 87 The breeze had not seemed to waft the sighs of the murdered to her; it had wafted nothing worse than a thick mizzling rain. View more context for this quotation 1827 Sporting Mag. 20 397 Tuesday morning came in with a nasty mistling rain. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve III. iii. 77 A slow, mizzling rain was falling. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 92 There was a mizzling rain. 1929 ‘E. H. Visiak’ Medusa xvii. 212 The look of him was like a cold chill mizzling rain. 1960 W. Percy Moviegoer iv. iv. 191 The cold mizzling rain smells of sour paper pulp. 2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. 16 Sun blazing down on Australia Day, just mizzling rain driving holidaymakers to seek shelter. b. Of a day, weather, etc.: drizzly. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly drizzling1566 mizzly1566 mizzlinga1642 drizzly1694 mothery1866 smurry1888 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 47 If the morninge bee wette and mislinge. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 745 Wet and Mistling Weather. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 55 In misling days..With nappy beer I to the barn repair'd. 1791 J. Byng Diary 2 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 354 Up at seven o'clock to a missling morn. a1845 R. H. Barham My Lett. in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 352 Another mizzling, drizzling, day! 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 99 Who'd iver athort ov zeeing yü theāse way, sich a mizzling day as this is, tü. 1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 35 She understands the seasons of a man, knows if he will have a mizzling spirit, and when melancholy will rain upon him for forty days and nights. 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 30 Dec. 21 There was no snow for Christmas, only clouds and mizzling weather. 1998 Financial Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. 19 This may make it seem a melancholy town; and indeed, on a mizzling spring day, that is how it looks. 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