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misty
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)
- Covered in mist; foggy.
- (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
- (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
Derived terms
- misty-eyed
Related terms
- mistify
Translations
Anagrams
- stimy
Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
misty
- Alternative form of mysty (“misty”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
misty
- Alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)
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nebulous
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebul?sus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *néb?os (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (néphos, “cloud”), Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”) (German Nebel), Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”). More at neveling, nuel.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?n?bj?l?s/
Adjective
nebulous (comparative more nebulous, superlative most nebulous)
- In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
- Vague or ill-defined.
- Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Related terms
- nebula
- nebular
- nebulosity
Translations
Anagrams
- unblouse
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