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foggy

UK/ˈfɒɡi/ US/ˈfɑɡi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

filled or abounding with fog or mist

  • “a brumous October morning”
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2.

stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

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3.

indistinct or hazy in outline

  • “a landscape of blurred outlines”
  • “the trees were just blurry shapes”
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4.

obscured by fog

  • “he could barely see through the fogged window”
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Origin

From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.

Phrases

  • Foggy Bottom

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