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Word entry · 7 letters

drizzle

Best crossword clue

"Fine misty rain"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɹɪzəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deilrzzStarts with DEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. moisten with fine drops

Word origin

Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from Old English drysnan (“to extinguish”), related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla.

Used in a sentence

  • We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
  • And from mine eyes the drizling teares descend, As on your boughes the ysicles depend.
  • When the sun sets, the air doth drizzle dew; But for the sunset of my brother’s son It rains downright.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Fine misty rain7 letters
02Very light rain7 letters

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