myst

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-West Germanic *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰ-, *h₃migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).

Alternative forms

• myste, mist, miste, meyst, mest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (plural mystes)

2. Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
3. Steam, vapour.
4. A plume of smoke.
5. Dimness in vision.
6. (figurative) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.

Related terms

• mysty
• misten

Descendants

• English: mist
• Scots: mist

References

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

Etymology 2

From mysty (“symbolic, figurative”).

Alternative forms

• myste, mist, miste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (uncountable)

2. (religion) Spiritual matters which elude understanding; mysteries.

Derived terms

• in myst

Related terms

• mysty
• mystiliche
• mystyke
• mystecall
• mystykly

References

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

Swedish

Verb

myst

1. supine of mysa

Anagrams

• myts