myst
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).
Alternative forms
- myste, mist, miste, meyst, mest
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mist/
Noun
myst (plural mystes)
- Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
- Steam, vapour.
- A plume of smoke.
- Dimness in vision.
- (figuratively) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.
Related terms
- mysty
Descendants
- English: mist
- Scots: mist
References
- “mist n. (1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
Etymology 2
From mysty (“symbolic, figurative”).
Alternative forms
- myste, mist, miste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mist/
Noun
myst (uncountable)
- (religion) Spiritual matters which elude understanding; mysteries.
Derived terms
- in myst
Related terms
- mysty
- mystiliche
- mystyke
- mystecall
- mystykly
References
- “mist n. (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
Swedish
Verb
myst
- supine of mysa.