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English
Etymology
From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)
- Thick or obscured with haze.
a hazy view of the polluted city street
- Not clear or transparent.
- Obscure; confused; not clear.
a hazy argument
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Translations
thick with haze
- Bulgarian: мъглив (bg) (mǎgliv), замъглен (bg) (zamǎglen)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 霾 (zh) (mái), 薄霧／薄雾 (zh) (bówù)
- Dutch: heiig (nl)
- French: brumeux (fr)
- German: dunstig (de), diesig (de)
- Japanese: 霞 (ja) (kasumi)
- Maori: kōruhi (refers to atmosphere), kōrerehu, māhinahina, kaurukiruki, mataauahi, nehunehu
- Norwegian: disig (no)
- Nynorsk: disig
- Occitan: tubós (oc), brumós (oc)
- Spanish: brumoso (es)
- Swedish: disig (sv), dimmig (sv)
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Further reading
- “hazy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hazy”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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