Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower.
Now here’s a choice word for our next rainy-weather day. I look forward to introducing my friends to the word Mizzle, a word which is a cross between drizzle and mist.
It has a sinus-y sound to it, as if the word nasal wants to get in on the action.
I have ever seen or heard this word used in a weather forecast. The more common terms to describe this type of weather would be "fog" or "mist." "Mist" is a word I sometimes hear as a verb: "It’s misting." That’s kind of a strange word, come to think of it. Mist doesn’t seem like an action. Unlike rain, which falls, mist just kinda floats.
