Misty
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misty¹
- /ˈmɪsti/
Rhymes with -ɪsti
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective mistier · mistiest
- Covered in mist; foggy. It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!
- Dim; vague; obscure. a misty memory of his childhood
- With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed. Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.
Misty²
Where it comes from
From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.
proper noun Mistys
- A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
- A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
