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Misty

//ˈmɪsti// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered in mist; foggy.

    "It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!"

  2. 2
    Dim; vague; obscure. figuratively

    "a misty memory of his childhood"

  3. 3
    With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed. figuratively

    "Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away."

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled or abounding with fog or mist wordnet
  2. 2
    wet with mist wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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

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