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misty
What does misty mean?
misty (adjective): covered in mist; foggy.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use misty in a sentence?
- It was cold and misty. (Tatoeba sentence #11200268 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce misty?
/ˈmɪsti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does misty come from?
From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to misty
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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dead; having lost life
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able to read and write
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manifesting partiality
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covered in mist; foggy
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