单词 | mistful |
释义 | mistfuladj. Chiefly poetic. Full of mist; obscured with or as if with mist. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > blurred or blinded by tears mistful1733 misty1859 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] mistyOE nebulose?1440 roky1440 nubilousc1540 hazya1584 misting1584 vaporous1594 nebulous1597 rawky1601 claggy1621 misky1671 rooky1691 nubilose1730 mistful1733 smoky1769 rouky1808 hazed1840 1733 Shakespeare's Henry V iv. vi. 34 in L. Theobald Wks. Shakespeare IV. 81 I must perforce compound With mistful [1623 mixtfull] eyes. a1880 W. A. Scott in W. H. Rankine Hero of Dark Continent (1896) ii. 25 We've seen the mistful mountains on the lone Glenshee. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 9/2 Morns rise mistful. 1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 13 To see them makes mine eyes perforce wax mistful. 1994 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News 11 Nov. 1 c What a thrill it would be to climb aboard a star and glide thru mistful clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1733 |
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