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h mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

Foggy; misty.

A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]

Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton.

iry; lively; sportive. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior. -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.

'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.

State of being misty.

Misty; dark; murky; muggy. [Obs.]

Cloudy; hazy; misty.

Misty; foggy; cloudy. [Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Misty; gloomy. [Obs.] Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. Shak.

Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.

That which covers or shelters like a shroud. Jura answers through her misty shroud. Byron.

-- Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also misty steam.

Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty. Cowper.

Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day." Sir W. Scott.

exalted; also, alert. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron.

Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.