Mizzle
Mizzle noun - Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping in the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains.
Source: Venus Is Wet -
The crew must locate a Sun Dome in which they can find shelter, or die.It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping in the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains.
Source: Creator / Ray Bradbury -
Venus Is Wet: "The Long Rain" is set on Venus, where it rains constantly.It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping in the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains.
Source: Creator / Ray Bradbury
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