hazy

adj
/ˈheɪzi/UK

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.

  1. derived from *ḱeh₂s- — “bright grey
  2. derived from *haswaz — “grey
  3. derived from hasu — “dusky; grey; ashen
  4. inherited from haswiġ — “grey; ashen; dusky
  5. inherited from *hasi

Definitions

  1. Thick or obscured with haze.

    • a hazy view of the polluted city street
  2. Not clear or transparent.

    • Furthermore, kymographic pictures are hazy and sometimes distorted, while the pictures obtained by diagraphy are sharp and unobstructed.
  3. Obscure

    Obscure; confused; not clear.

    • a hazy argument
    • a hazy intellect
    • If Philip seems less well drawn, "the character who is closest to the author is probably the haziest because the author is not able to see himself with the same clarity."
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A variety of beer (typically a pale ale, India pale ale, or double India pale ale) golden…

      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.

      • What hazies do you have on tap?
      • It's the craft beer style that has taken the brewing world, and the Internet, by storm. But what exactly is a hazy?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hazy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hazy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hazy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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