smudgy
Meanings
adj
- Marked with smudges.
- Like a thick smoke (such as is emitted by a smudge pot); thick and smoky or smokelike.
- Rainy or drizzly.
- Hot and humid or stuffy; sweltering.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From smudge (“blemish; dense smoke; to obscure by smearing; to stifle”) + -y. (The sense "rainy" is related to dialectal use of smudge to mean drizzling rain.)
Derived words
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