foggy
adjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈfɒɡi//
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
adjectif
- 1
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
At Esher we were getting out into bright sunshine, and apart from another foggy patch between Farnborough and Winchfield, we had a clear run from then on.
- 2
figuréConfused, befuddled, or vague.
He was still foggy with sleep.
If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.
- 3
Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
For they will feed on foggy grass and such like. Also ye shall understand that horses and Cattel may not well be foddered in Winter all together, but […]
[…] for as he shuts up his meadow at Christmas, leaves such foggy grass behind, and manures well, in case a wet hot summer succeeds, […]
See swingin' owr the foggy swaird, Begrac'd wi' angel features, […]
Étymologie
From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.
Formes
- comparatif
- foggier
- superlatif
- foggiest
foggy · Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
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