Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mizzly

/ˈmɪz(ə)li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mizz-ly
IPA: /ˈmɪz(ə)li/

29

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.

British usage

Example Sentences

"As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy."
"A mizzly, drizzly rain set in before the poor people got home that evening with the body of Clayton Nowell."
"Today is a very mizzly day. Damp in the air, but not actually raining. That's the worst for driving trains in the leaf fall season."

Etymology

From mizzle (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense ‘behaving like, or having natures typical of [the nouns]’).

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₃meyǵʰ-
Suffix: mizzle

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɪz(ə)li/
British English: /ˈmɪzli/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more mizzly (comparative) most mizzly (superlative) misly (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

mizzle

Rhymes With

grizzly grisly

Questions

How do you pronounce mizzly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪz(ə)li/.
What does mizzly mean?: Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.
Where does mizzly come from?: From mizzle (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense ‘behaving like, or having natures typical of [the nouns]’).

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