In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
Misty
A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
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misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)
Covered in mist; foggy.
(figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
(figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
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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
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.