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Etymology 1

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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).

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mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

  1. Containing or obscured by mist; foggy, misty.
  2. (figurative) Difficult to understand; abstruse, mysterious.
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  • English: misty

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Etymology 2

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Likely related to Latin mysticus (secret, mystical).

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mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

  1. Subject to interpretation, either symbolically or spiritually.
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