mist
verb
- make blurry with mist (emphasis on blurriness)
- spray with a mist of something
- weather condition with empty 'it'.
noun
- phenomenon caused by small droplets of water suspended in air
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɪst/
name
- Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
“It was difficult to see through the morning mist.”
- A layer of fine droplets or particles.
“There was an oily mist on the lens.”
- Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
“His passion cast a mist before his sense.”
“Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already, mist veils my eyes.”
verb
- past of miss
“you shall be mist at Court”