foggy

comparative foggier · superlative foggiest

1. 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

2. figurativelyConfused, befuddled, or vague.

   He was still foggy with sleep.

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   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

3. Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)

   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

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   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