misty

Senso (Inglese)

  1. Covered in mist; foggy.
  2. (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
  3. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

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C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈmɪsti/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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”).

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