misty

 

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsti/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsti

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.

• mistify
• mistiness

• stimy

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“misty”)

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)