MISTY

brumous, foggy, hazy, misty

(adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist; “a brumous October morning”

misty

(adjective) wet with mist; “the misty evening”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Misty

A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Anagrams

• stimy

Etymology

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

Covered in mist; foggy.

(figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.

(figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Anagrams

• stimy

Source: Wiktionary


Mist"y, a. [Compar. Mistier; superl. Mistiest.] Etym: [AS. mistig. See Mist. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.]

1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. Piers Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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