sozzle

noun, verb — 5 senses

sozzle

noun

/ˈsɒzəl/

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

1

Archaic One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.

2

Archaic An untidy woman.

3

A confusedly mingled mass or heap.

sozzle

verb

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

1

US, Dialectal To splash or wet carelessly.

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 foam1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret:

2

To heap up in confusion.

she sozzled out that red scarf, which looks so lovely around her neck, for him. Just ruined it.1867, Ann S. Stephens, “Married by Mistake”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Derived terms: besozzlement, sozzled, sozzly

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