Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sozzle

/ˈsɒzəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soz-zle
IPA: /ˈsɒzəl/

24

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.

Archaic

noun

An untidy woman.

Archaic

noun

A confusedly mingled mass or heap.

verb

To splash or wet carelessly.

American usage

verb

To heap up in confusion.

Example Sentences

"A sandpiper glided weet weeting along the shore; she ran after it, but could not catch it; she sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam"
"she sozzled out that red scarf, which looks so lovely around her neck, for him. Just ruined it."

Etymology

From a variant of sossle, equivalent to soss + -le (frequentative suffix).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: soss

Usage

Archaic
American usage

Inflected Forms

sozzles (plural) sozzles (present, singular) sozzling (participle, present) sozzled (participle, past) sozzled (past)

Derived Forms

besozzlement sozzled sozzly

Questions

How do you pronounce sozzle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɒzəl/.
What does sozzle mean?: One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.
Where does sozzle come from?: From a variant of sossle, equivalent to soss + -le (frequentative suffix).

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