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the rain too lazy to fall, just hangs there ruining your hair
means To rain in fine, drizzly droplets so light they seem to hang in the air rather than fall, leaving everything damp.
from A dialect word from the rainy north of England and Scotland, likely a blend of 'mist' and 'drizzle,' and possibly related to Low German and Dutch words like 'miezel' for fine rain. The wetness of the British Isles bred a whole vocabulary for half-hearted precipitation, and 'mizzle' is one of its soggiest survivors. (Note: there's a separate, unrelated 'mizzle' meaning 'to vanish suddenly,' once thieves' slang — but that one keeps you dry.)
- the blend
- mist and drizzle smashed into one drippy word
- slang twist
- old British thieves' slang for fleeing fast
- droplet size
- finer than drizzle, coarser than fog
- region
- beloved descriptor of England's perpetually damp moors
drizzle in british english — meteorological term for fine rain, commonly used in uk weather reports and the meteorological office definitions
mizzle mast — the third mast on sailing ships, positioned between mainmast and jigger mast, used on large vessels like clipper ships