mysty
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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”).
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editmysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)
- Containing or obscured by mist; foggy, misty.
- (figurative) Difficult to understand; abstruse, mysterious.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: misty
References
edit- “mistī, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
Etymology 2
editLikely related to Latin mysticus (“secret, mystical”).
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editPronunciation
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editmysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)
- Subject to interpretation, either symbolically or spiritually.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “mistī, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.