mizzle English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb
(mizzl)
To rain in very fine drops.
Synonyms
* (rain in very fine drops) drizzle
Noun
(-)
misty rain or drizzle
See also
* mizzly
Etymology 2
.[An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (ISBN 0486122867)][''Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang ] (ISBN 0199232059)
Verb
( mizzl)
(chiefly, British) To abscond, scram, flee.
* 19th c. Epigram quoted by (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913:
- As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled .
* 1850, [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1593080638&id=ZIjn0JH0x5EC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&sig=pHEE_LSu9AbOSBy47FAbydKRHeo]
- “Now you may mizzle , Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
* 1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA]
- “Now you better mizzle ,” Dido told him. “Get back to your own quarters, fast.”
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puzzle Noun
( en noun)
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
A crossword puzzle.
A jigsaw puzzle.
A riddle.
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- to be in a puzzle
Synonyms
* (anything difficult to understand or make sense of ): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery
* (game for one person ): brain-teaser, poser
* (crossword puzzle ): crossword, crossword puzzle
* (''jigsaw puzzle): jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
* (riddle ): guessing game, riddle
Derived terms
* Chinese puzzle
* crossword puzzle
* jigsaw puzzle
* monkey puzzle
* puzzle out
* puzzle over
* puzzled
* puzzlement
* puzzler
* puzzling
Verb
( puzzl)
(label) To perplex (someone).
* (Henry More) (1614-1687)
- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings
, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
To make intricate; to entangle.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* puzzled
* puzzle out
* puzzle over
* puzzle through
* puzzler
* puzzling
Related terms
* puzzlement
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