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blurry

adj
/ˈblɜːɹi/

Etymology

From blur + -y.

  1. derived from *blasaz✻ — “pale”
  2. inherited from *blazjaną✻ — “to make pale”
  3. inherited from *blaʀjan✻
  4. inherited from *blerian✻
  5. inherited from bleren
  6. suffixed as blurry — “blur + -y”

Definitions

  1. Not clear, crisp, or focused

    Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

    • If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.
    • CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire.

  2. Not clear

    Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.

    • It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harassment has become quite blurry.
    • when it comes to the future of war, the line between science fiction and industrial fact is often blurry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blurry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA