2. Verb. (humorous) (form of deliberate misspelling misled) ¹
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Definition of Mizzled
1. mizzle [v] - See also: mizzle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mizzled
Literary usage of Mizzled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"D., operated, in a financial way, day before yesterday, to the amount of $3000,
and then mizzled. —NY Tribune. The Southern men will spend their last cent ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"The legs are said to be mizzled, when partly discoloured by sitting too near the
fire, 8. ТЫ» at first view might seem merely a peculiar use of E. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... they walke abroad for a time, or els conferre with their familiars. Stubbes,
Anatomie of Abuses (1505), p. 57. mizzled (miz'ld), a. ..."
4. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... And thus it might upon their tombs be chiselled : AS long as George IV.
could reign, he reigned, And then he 'mizzled" (On a Royal Demised) " They say ..."
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