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Misty Common

Misty has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Adjective
1

filled or abounding with fog or mist

"a brumous October morning"

2

wet with mist

"the misty evening"

3

Covered in mist; foggy.

"The early morning walk through the woods was misty, with a thick white fog hanging over the trees."

Proper Noun
1

A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

"My grandmother's first name was Misty, a popular choice for baby girls during the seventies."

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Origin

Misty comes from the Old English word mistiġ, which originally meant "dark" or covered in mist. The term entered Middle English with a similar sense of being shrouded in fog and has remained largely unchanged since then.

Rhyming Words
sty esty rusty fusty testy musty westy wasty jesty nasty tasty lusty busty festy gusty resty masty disty pasty dusty
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