foggy
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foggy
- /ˈfɒɡi/
Rhymes with -ɒɡi
Where it comes from
From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.
adjective foggier · foggiest
- Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy. At Esher we were getting out into bright sunshine, and apart from another foggy patch between Farnborough and Winchfield, we had a clear run from then on.
- Confused, befuddled, or vague. He was still foggy with sleep.
- Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”) For they will feed on foggy grass and such like. Also ye shall understand that horses and Cattel may not well be foddered in Winter all together, but […]
