different between misty vs filmy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

1. Covered in mist; foggy.

2. (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.

3. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Derived terms

• misty-eyed

Related terms

• mistify

Translations

Anagrams

• stimy

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“misty”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)

English

Etymology

From film +? -y. Doublet of filmic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?lmi/

Adjective

filmy (comparative filmier, superlative filmiest)

1. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
2. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVI, [1]

     On the following morning the head of Strezlecki Creek was passed and in the dim distance could be seen the filmy blue outlines of Mount Arrowsmith, behind which lay the magnificent Nardoo station.

Polish

Noun

filmy m

1. nominative plural of film
2. accusative plural of film
3. vocative plural of film