mysty

Middle English

Etymology 1

From myst, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), 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

• misty, misti, mysti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmistiː/

Adjective

mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

2. Containing or obscured by mist; foggy, misty.
3. (figurative) Difficult to understand; abstruse, mysterious.

Derived terms

• mystynesse

Descendants

• English: misty

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”).

Alternative forms

• misty, misti, mysti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmistiː/

Adjective

mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

2. Subject to interpretation, either symbolically or spiritually.

Related terms

• myst
• mystiliche
• mystyke
• mystecall
• mystykly

References

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