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FOGGY
fogged, foggy
(adjective) obscured by fog; “he could barely see through the fogged window”
brumous, foggy, hazy, misty
(adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist; “a brumous October morning”
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline; “a landscape of blurred outlines”; “the trees were just blurry shapes”
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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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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