FOGGY

fogged, foggy

(adjective) obscured by fog; ā€œhe could barely see through the fogged windowā€

brumous, foggy, hazy, misty

(adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist; ā€œa brumous October morningā€

bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy

(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline; ā€œa landscape of blurred outlinesā€; ā€œthe trees were just blurry shapesā€

dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous

(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

foggy (comparative foggier, superlative foggiest)

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy

(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.

Source: Wiktionary


Fog"gy, a. [Compar. Foggier; superl. Foggiest.] Etym: [From 4th Fog.]

1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.

2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas. Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit. Hayward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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