mysty

Middle English

Etymology 1

From myst, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), 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): /ˈmistiː/

Adjective

mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

  1. Containing or obscured by mist; foggy, misty.
  2. (figurative) Difficult to understand; abstruse, mysterious.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: misty

References

Etymology 2

Likely related to Latin mysticus (“secret, mystical”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmistiː/

Adjective

mysty (comparative mystiere, superlative mystiest)

  1. Subject to interpretation, either symbolically or spiritually.
  • myst
  • mystiliche
  • mystyke
  • mystecall
  • mystykly

References

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