misty

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English[edit]

A misty morning

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”); equivalent to mist +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), Middle Low German mistich (“foggy”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪsti/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsti

Adjective[edit]

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

  1. Covered in mist; foggy.
    It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!
  2. (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
    a misty memory of his childhood
    • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 10:
      My remembrances of the place and its people are misty — all about it seem more like something I once saw in a dream, but whose characters time has effaced.
  3. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
    Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.

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Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

misty

  1. Alternative form of mysty (“misty”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

misty

  1. Alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)
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