- mistian
- wv/t2 to be or grow misty
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
mist — mistless, adj. /mist/, n. 1. a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog. 2. a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a… … Universalium
mist — {{11}}mist (n.) O.E. mist dimness (of eyesight), mist (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu misty cliffs, wælmist mist of death ), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (Cf. M.L.G. mist, Du. mist, Icelandic mistur, Norw., Swed. mist), perhaps from PIE… … Etymology dictionary