I. ˈmistē, -ti adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mistig misty, from mist + -ig -y — more at mist
1.
a. : obscured by or covered with mist or something resembling mist
westward the misty summits of the Coast range — American Guide Series: Oregon
the misty sheen of the moonlight — O.E.Rölvaag
was barely heated and misty with dust — Arthur Miller
b. : consisting of or marked by mist
the darkness of sky and water was streaked with a long, misty line of foam — Herman Melville
c. : unclear in shape or outline : indistinct
could perceive the outlines of land, blue and misty in the distance — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall
2.
a. : clouded as if by mist : dim , obscure
through the safe and rather misty glass of ready-made dogmas — Mary Webb
b. : vague or confused in thought or style
poetry which was essentially vague, misty and dim — Delmore Schwartz
a misty nostalgia for a royalist authoritarianism — Gordon Merrick
II. adjective
: tearful