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rain that can't commit, soaking you slowly while pretending it's barely happening
means Light rain falling in fine, gentle drops; or, in cooking, to pour a thin trickle of liquid over food.
from From Old English 'drēosan,' to fall or drop — the same root that gives us 'dreary' for a sky that keeps dropping its mood on you. The modern 'drizzle' surfaces in the 16th century, likely a frequentative form meaning 'to fall repeatedly in little bits,' which is exactly what it does.
- drop size
- under half a millimeter wide
- slow fall
- so light it seems to float midair
- culinary verb
- chefs drizzle oil to sound fancy
- visibility killer
- reduces visibility more than heavier rain
- freezing risk
- can glaze roads as silent ice
seattle rain — seattle averages 152 days of precipitation annually, mostly light drizzle rather than heavy rain
london fog drizzle — london's characteristic mist and light rain immortalized in 19th-century literature and weather records
oregon coast mist — coastal oregon receives persistent light drizzle 200+ days per year from pacific ocean moisture