hazy

English

Etymology

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

• Rhymes: -eɪzi

Adjective

hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)

1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.
2. Not clear or transparent.
3. Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

Derived terms

• hazily
• haziness

Translations

thick with haze

• Dutch: heiig (nl)
• French: brumeux (fr)

• German: dunstig, diesig
• Maori: kōruhi (mi) (refers to atmosphere)

not clear or transparent

• Dutch: wazig (nl), troebel (nl)

• German: trüb (de)

obscure, confused

• Dutch: warrig (nl), verward (nl)

• German: getrübt (de)

External links

• hazy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hazy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911