fog
Meaning
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- A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- A mist or film clouding a surface.
- A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- Distance fog.
Synonyms
obnubilate
fine spray
become blurred
mild weather
soft grass
atmosphere pollution
drizzling rain
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɒɡ/
Etymology
Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”), in which case related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”).
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