English Explanatory Dictionary

misty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Covered in mist; foggy.
  2. Dim; vague; obscure.
  3. With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
name
  1. A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪsti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misty.wav

Word forms

misty mistier mistiest Mistys

Etymology

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

Related words

mistify mistiness Dusty Missy

Derived words

get misty mistily misty-eyed misty flip mistyish misty rose unmisty
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