Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foggy

/ˈfɒɡi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: fog-gy
IPA: /ˈfɒɡi/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

adj

Confused, befuddled, or vague.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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 […]"
"[…] for as he shuts up his meadow at Christmas, leaves such foggy grass behind, and manures well, in case a wet hot summer succeeds, […]"
"See swingin' owr the foggy swaird, Begrac'd wi' angel features, […]"

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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fog

Inflected Forms

foggier (comparative) foggiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

foggily fogginess unfoggy

Phrases

Foggy Bottom

Synonyms

fogged brumous hazy misty bleary blurred blurry fuzzy muzzy

Rhymes With

soggy groggy takagi nagi yagi szilagyi doggy pedagogy doggie froggy boggy smoggy

Questions

How do you pronounce foggy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɒɡi/.
What does foggy mean?: Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
Where does foggy come from?: 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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