foggy
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i, ˈfɔ adjective, fog·gi·er, fog·gi·est.
1.
thick with or having much fog; misty: a foggy valley; a foggy spring day.
2.
covered or enveloped as if with fog: a foggy mirror.
3.
blurred or obscured as if by fog; not clear; vague: I haven't the foggiest notion of where she went.
4.
bewildered; perplexed.
5.
Photography. affected by fog.
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Foggy
is always a great word to know.
So is theatrical film. Does it mean:
| a shot in which parts of the background and foreground are masked so that a different background or foreground can be substituted during printing |
| a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television |
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World English Dictionary
fogged or foggy (fɒɡd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| photog affected or obscured by fog | |
| foggy or foggy | |
| —adj | |
| foggy (ˈfɒɡɪ) | |
| —adj , -gier, -giest | |
| 1. | thick with fog |
| 2. | obscure or confused |
| 3. | another word for fogged |
| 4. | not the foggiest, not the foggiest idea, not the foggiest notion no idea whatsoever: I haven't the foggiest |
| 'foggily | |
| —adv | |
| 'fogginess | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
foggy
1540s, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a punning allusion to political murkiness)
popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Landscape of desolate shoreline in the foggy morning light.
For the biographical study, whose integrity and serious import cannot be questioned, is flawed by foggy psychological innuendo.
Lichens and mosses fed by the persistent cool and foggy conditions had grown over everything.
Depending on where you live, the weather this month can be hot and sunny or cool and foggy.
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