mysty
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From myst, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰ-, *h₃migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)
- Containing or obscured by mist; foggy, misty.
- (figurative) Difficult to understand; abstruse, mysterious.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: misty
References
[edit]- “mistī, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
Etymology 2
[edit]Likely related to Latin mysticus (“secret, mystical”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)
- Subject to interpretation, either symbolically or spiritually.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mistī, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.