misty

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsti/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), West Frisian mistich (“misty, foggy”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), German Low German mistig (“foggy”).

Covered in mist; foggy.
“It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!”
Dim; vague; obscure.
“a misty memory of his childhood”
“My remembrances of the place and its people are misty — all about it seem more like something I once saw in a dream, but whose characters time has effaced.”
With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
“Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.”

name

Etymology: From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.

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