Smirrier

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having more fine, drizzling rain or damp mist in the air than something else does
2. Wetter in a fine, misty way, with light rain hanging in the atmosphere
3. Describing weather that is more thickly drizzly and murky than another day or place

Etymology: "Smirrier" is the comparative of "smirry," a dialect adjective used in Scotland and northern England for drizzly, misty weather, so "smirrier" means more drizzly. The adjective comes from "smirr," a word for fine, fine-drizzling rain, whose ultimate origin is uncertain, though it is probably related to Scandinavian dialect words for drizzle.