n.
- light rain falling in very fine drops.
- a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over food.
v.
-
(it drizzles, it is drizzling, etc.)
rain lightly.
- trickle (an ingredient) over food.
Derivative
- drizzly adj.
(drizzlier, drizzliest)
.
Etymology
C16: prob. based on OE drēosan ‘to fall’, of Gmc origin; prob. rel. to dreary.