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cloudy

UK/ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː/ US/ˈklaʊ̯diː/ fairly common informal slang

adjective

1.

lacking definite form or limits

  • “gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion” H.T.Moore
  • “nebulous distinction between pride and conceit”
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2.

(of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment

  • “a cloudy liquid”
  • “muddy coffee”
  • “murky waters”
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3.

full of or covered with clouds

  • “cloudy skies”
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Origin

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

Phrases

  • cloud ceiling
  • cloud cover
  • cloudy wing virus

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