sozzle

English

Etymology

From a variant of sossle, equivalent to soss +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒzəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

sozzle (plural sozzles)

1. (archaic) One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.
2. (archaic) An untidy woman.
3. A confusedly mingled mass or heap.

Verb

sozzle (third-person singular simple present sozzles, present participle sozzling, simple past and past participle sozzled)

1. (US, dialect) To splash or wet carelessly.
   • 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:

     A sandpiper glided weet weeting along the shore; she ran after it, but could not catch it; she sat down and sozzled her feet in the foam

2. To heap up in confusion.
   • 1867, Ann S. Stephens, “Married by Mistake”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     she sozzled out that red scarf, which looks so lovely around her neck, for him. Just ruined it.

Derived terms

• sozzled

References

• “sozzle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lezzos