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Drizzle   /drˈɪzəl/   Listen
Drizzle

noun
1.
Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower.  Synonym: mizzle.
verb
(past & past part. drizzled; pres. part. drizzling)
1.
Rain lightly.  Synonym: mizzle.
2.
Moisten with fine drops.  Synonym: moisten.






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"Drizzle" Quotes from Famous Books



... placed a mug of beer on the table in front of Stoner and then hobbled away down a long passage. The drizzle of rain had changed to a furious lashing downpour, which beat violently against door and windows. The wanderer thought with a shudder of what the sea-shore must look like under this drenching rainfall, with night beating down on all sides. He finished the food and beer and sat numbly waiting for ...
— The Chronicles of Clovis • Saki

... gladly have left the place, and wandered up and down in the drizzle until, the service over, his mother should appear; but for her sake he ...
— There & Back • George MacDonald

... island. It was growing dark fast, for these were the closing days of August twilight; and dense fog had drifted in, half obliterating everything. They could barely descry the dim outline of the pyramidal rock in its lower half; its upper part was wholly shrouded in thick mist and drizzle. ...
— Michael's Crag • Grant Allen

... lengthening; reed grass and floating manna grass in the swamps where the broad arrow leaves of the sagittaria fringe the shore and the floating leaves and fragrant blossoms of the water lilies adorn the pond. The three days' rain beginning with a soft drizzle and increasing into a steady storm which drives against the face with cutting force and shakes in sheets like waving banners across the wind-swept prairie only adds more variety to the beauties of the grass; and when the still, sweet morning comes, the pure green ...
— Some Spring Days in Iowa • Frederick John Lazell

... making its way outside met with a good reception. A small mob composed mainly of people who themselves did not look particularly clever and scrupulous, leavened by a slight sprinkling of genuine pickpockets amused itself by cheering in the most penetrating, abominable cold drizzle that I remember. I happened to be passing there on my way from the East-End where I had spent my day about the Docks with an old chum who was looking after the fitting out of a new ship. I am always ...
— Chance - A Tale in Two Parts • Joseph Conrad


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