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mist

UK/mɪst/ US/ˈmɪst/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

verb

1.

become covered with mist

  • “The windshield misted over”
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2.

make less visible or unclear

  • “The stars are obscured by the clouds”
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3.

Origin

The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”). The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.

Phrases

  • Australian Mist
  • black mist
  • fairy mist
  • ground mist
  • love in a mist
  • magic mist
  • mist belt
  • mist cap
  • mist over

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