mist

Meanings

Noun

• A layer of fine droplets or particles.
• Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.

Verb

• To form mist.
• To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
• To cover with a mist.
• To be covered by tears.
• To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• camanchaca
• Scotch mist

Origin

• From Middle English mist, from Old English mist ("mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)"), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz ("mist, fog"), from Proto-Indo-European, from the root *h₃meygʰ-. 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, Lithuanian miglà ("fog"), Sanskrit मेघ ("cloud"), Russian мгла ("fog, haze").