hazy
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English *hasi, from Old English haswiġ (“grey”), from Old English hasu (“dusky, grey, ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas(w)- (“bright grey”), equivalent to haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪzi
Adjective [edit]
hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)
- Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.
- Not clear or transparent.
- Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
thick with haze
External links [edit]
- hazy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- hazy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911