antifog

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adjective

Acting against fog or fogging

OriginEnglish fog ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantifog (not comparable)
  1. not comparableActing against fog or fogging

    The night of my visit,[…] Brett West of Ridgefield, Conn., shared antifog spray with his 11-year-old son, Tucker.

    2007 February 16, Sarah Tuff, “Sheer Terror on Ice at Breakneck Speeds”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishfog
  8. Englishantifog

From anti- + fog.

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Cite this entry
APA

antifog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifog

MLA

“antifog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antifog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifog.

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