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Hazy

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Thick or obscured with haze.

    "a hazy view of the polluted city street"

  2. 2
    Not clear or transparent.

    "Furthermore, kymographic pictures are hazy and sometimes distorted, while the pictures obtained by diagraphy are sharp and unobstructed."

  3. 3
    Obscure; confused; not clear.

    "a hazy argument"

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled or abounding with fog or mist wordnet
  2. 2
    indistinct or hazy in outline wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A variety of beer (typically a pale ale, India pale ale, or double India pale ale) golden in color with softer mouthfeel, and sweeter taste than its non-hazy counterpart.

    "What hazies do you have on tap?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.

Etymology 2

From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.

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