myst

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).

Alternative forms

• myste, mist, miste, meyst, mest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (plural mystes)

1. Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
2. Steam, vapour.
3. A plume of smoke.
4. Dimness in vision.
5. (figurative) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.

Related terms

• mysty

Descendants

• English: mist
• Scots: mist

References

• “mist n. (1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

Etymology 2

From mysty (“symbolic, figurative”).

Alternative forms

• myste, mist, miste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (uncountable)

1. (religion) Spiritual matters which elude understanding; mysteries.

Derived terms

• in myst

Related terms

• mysty
• mystiliche
• mystyke
• mystecall
• mystykly

References

• “mist n. (2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

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Swedish

Verb

myst

1. (deprecated template usage) supine of mysa

Anagrams

• myts