misty

See also: Misty

English

A misty morning

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsti/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsti

Adjective

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

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

   Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.

Derived terms

• misty-eyed

Related terms

• mistify

Translations

with mist; foggy

• Bulgarian: мъглив (bg) (mǎgliv), замъглен (bg) (zamǎglen)
• Cornish: niwlek
• Dutch: mistig (nl)
• Esperanto: nebula (eo)
• Finnish: usvainen (fi), sumuinen (fi)
• French: brumeux (fr)
• Galician: con brétema
• Icelandic: mistraður, móðuhulinn
• Italian: con foschia, nebbioso (it)
• Japanese: 霞み (kasumi)

• Latin: nebulōsus
• Maori: ānehu, pūkohukohu, uwhango, kōehuehu
• Norman: embliâsé
• Occitan: neblós (oc), brumós (oc), tubós (oc)
• Polish: mglisty (pl)
• Portuguese: nublado (pt), enevoado (pt)
• Russian: мгли́стый (ru) (mglístyj), тума́нный (ru) (tumánnyj)
• Scots: immis
• Spanish: con neblina, neblinoso
• Welsh: niwlog (cy)

with tears in the eyes

• Bulgarian: насълзен (bg) (nasǎlzen)
• Dutch: waterig (nl)
• Esperanto: larmokula

• Icelandic: társtokkinn
• Portuguese: marejado (pt)

Anagrams

• stimy

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Middle English

Etymology 1

myst +‎ -y, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”).

Adjective

misty (comparative mistiere, superlative mistiest)

1. Alternative form of mysty

References

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

Etymology 2

Likely related to Latin mysticus (“secret, mystical”).

Adjective

misty (comparative mistiere, superlative mistiest)

1. Alternative form of mysty

References

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