myst

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-West Germanic *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰ-, *h₃migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (plural mystes)

  1. Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
  2. Steam, vapour.
  3. A plume of smoke.
  4. Dimness in vision.
  5. (figurative) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.
Descendants
  • English: mist
  • Scots: mist
References

Etymology 2

From mysty (“symbolic, figurative”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mist/

Noun

myst (uncountable)

  1. (religion) Spiritual matters which elude understanding; mysteries.
Derived terms
  • mysty
  • mystiliche
  • mystyke
  • mystecall
  • mystykly
References

Swedish

Verb

myst

  1. supine of mysa

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