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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Word of the Day

18 April 2024

MOTIVE

(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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