mistle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪsəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Old English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistil (“mistle”), from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz (“mistle”).
Noun
mistle (countable and uncountable, plural mistles)
- (obsolete) mistletoe
- (countable) the mistle thrush
Verb
mistle (third-person singular simple present mistles, present participle mistling, simple past and past participle mistled)
- To fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.
Related terms
- mist
Anagrams
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