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hazy

UK/ˈheɪzi/ US/ˈheɪzi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

filled or abounding with fog or mist

  • “a brumous October morning”
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2.

indistinct or hazy in outline

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

From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.

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