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drizzle
What does drizzle mean?
drizzle (noun): light rain.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use drizzle in a sentence?
- No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce drizzle?
/ˈdɹɪzəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drizzle come from?
Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to drizzle
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “drizzle” mean?
light rain
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a stopping
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a tendency
Not quite: that's what inclination means.
a favorite
Not quite: that's what darling means.
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