mistiness

English

Mistiness in the morning

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mystynesse; equivalent to misty +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪstinəs/

Noun

mistiness (countable and uncountable, plural mistinesses)

1. The quality of being misty.
   • 1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, translated by Charles Julius Hempel, Jahr’s New Manual, […] , volume 2, New York: William Radde, page 193:

     Her eyes feel dull, misty, as if floating in tears. Mistiness of sight. Sensation as if a veil were before the eyes, with blinking of the eyelids.

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