hazy
Plural: hazies
Adjective Satellite
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- indistinct or hazy in outline
Adj
- Thick or obscured with haze.
- Not clear or transparent.
- Obscure; confused; not clear.
Noun
- A variety of beer (typically a pale ale, India pale ale, or double India pale ale) golden in color with softer mouthfeel, and sweeter taste than its non-hazy counterpart.
Adjective
- Unclear or indistinct, often due to mist or fog.
Examples
- a hazy argument
- a hazy intellect
- a hazy view of the polluted city street
- The rules for that triple-word bonus seemed a bit HAZY until I reread the manual.
- What hazies do you have on tap?
Origin / Etymology
From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Synonyms
bleary, blurred, blurry, brumous, foggy, fuzzy, misty, muzzy, ambiguous, equivocal, hazed, ill-defined, indistinct, nebulous, vague
Scrabble Score: 19
hazy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhazy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hazy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary