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Misty adj. (compar. mistier; superl. mistiest)

Accompanied with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, a misty morning; misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight; to peer into the misty future. "The more I muse therein (theology), The mistier it seemeth."

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Etymology of 'Misty'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Misty" Quotes from Famous Books

... the fiery reflection on the water and fetch the island on a single tack. It was here, as we ran out of the loom of the land, that the waning moon lifted her rim over the hills astern; and it was here, as we cleared the point, that her rays, traversing the misty sea between us and Elba, touched the grey-white canvas of a vessel jeeling along (as we say at the fishing in Cornwall) and holding herself to windward for a straight run down upon the island—a vessel which at first glance I recognized ...

— Sir John Constantine • Prosper Paleologus Constantine

... see them. What a jostling life it is! What a world of ups and downs! Their cities remind me of bee-hives. Every man keeps a sting for his neighbour's service; and a few, like wasps, make spoil of their weaker brethren. But what are all these misty shapes that beset ...

— Works, V1 • Lucian of Samosata

... spoke, he gave a cruel stroke Against Algazel's throat with might and main; And as he would have answered him, and spoke, He stopped his words, and cut his jaws in twain; Upon his eyes death spread his misty cloak, A chilling frost congealed every vein, He fell, and with his teeth the earth he tore, Raging in death, and ...

— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso

... thought only of joy and never of sorrow. For the morrow was their wedding day, and their house of dreams awaited them on the misty, purple shore ...

— Anne's House of Dreams • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... told me all about it. Oh, Jack, I didn't think even Boris would do a thing like that!" She looked up at me with bright, misty eyes. "I asked Gallagher and Neidlinger about it. They both told me how brave ...

— The Pirate of Panama - A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure • William MacLeod Raine

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