Light rain falling in very small drops, or the third-person singular form of the verb to drizzle.
From Middle Dutch 'drieselen,' related to 'dreosan' meaning 'to fall.' The word evolved from Germanic roots describing gentle, scattered rainfall.
Drizzle is the only weather phenomenon that's almost onomatopoetic—the 'z' sound actually mimics the soft, hissing quality of those tiny water droplets hitting the ground. Languages worldwide borrowed this Dutch word because drizzle is such a specific, beloved type of rain.
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