different between misle vs lisle

English

Etymology 1

Probably a blend of mist +? drizzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?z??/

Noun

misle (uncountable)

1. A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.

Etymology 2

From misled, the standard irregular past tense of mislead, being misconstrued as *misle +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z??/, /?m?z??/, /?m?s??/

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. (nonstandard, rare or humorous) To mislead.

Further reading

• misle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, slime, smile

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

misle (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. third-person plural present of misliti

English

Etymology

Named after Lisle, France, where it was first produced.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /la?l/

Noun

lisle (countable and uncountable, plural lisles)

1. A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
   • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘The Mother Lode’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 11:

     She herself dressed in dark dresses of heavy rayon crêpe, with grey Lisle stockings bound under the knee with two loops of knotted elastic.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 41:

     He wore a feather in his hat, doeskin breeches, lisle hose and an iridescent waistcoat.

Anagrams

• Ellis, Liles

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse litli.

Adjective

lisle (singular and plural lisle)

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of liten
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by litle

References

• “lisle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.