foggy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   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.

2. 2
   adj

   Confused, befuddled, etc.

   He was still foggy with sleep.

3. 3
   adj

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

   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 […]

4. 4
   adj

   obscured by fog

5. 5
   adj

   filled or abounding with fog or mist

6. 6
   adj

   indistinct or hazy in outline

7. 7
   adj

   stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

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.