foggy
adj/ˈfɒɡi/
Etymology 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.
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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.1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
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Figuratively Confused, 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.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI:
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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 […]1680, Leonard Mascall, The government of cattel. Divided into three books, etc, page 221:
- […] for as he shuts up his meadow at Christmas, leaves such foggy grass behind, and manures well, in case a wet hot summer succeeds, […]1772, William Ellis, Husbandry, abriged, page 98:
1 more example
- See swingin' owr the foggy swaird, Begrac'd wi' angel features, […]1808, John Stagg, Miscellaneous Poems, Some of which are in the Cumberland and Scottish Dialects, page 143: