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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOG'GY, a. [from fog.]
1. Filled or abounding with fog or watery exhalations; as a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.
2. Cloudy; misty; damp with humid vapors.
3. Producing frequent fogs; as a foggy climate.
4. Dull; stupid; clouded in understanding.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous]
2: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy]
3: filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" [syn: brumous, foggy, hazy, misty]
4: obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window" [syn: fogged, foggy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (foggier; -est) Etymology: earlier, spongy, marshy, thick, probably from fog second growth of grass, from Middle English fogge Date: 15th century 1. a. filled or abounding with fog b. covered or made opaque by moisture or grime 2. blurred or obscured as if by fog <hadn't the foggiest notion> • foggily adverb • fogginess noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (foggier, foggiest) 1 (of the atmosphere) thick or obscure with fog. 2 of or like fog. 3 vague, confused, unclear. Phrases and idioms: not have the foggiest colloq. have no idea at all. Derivatives: foggily adv. fogginess n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foggy Fog"gy, a. [Compar. Foggier; superl. Foggiest.] [From 4th Fog.] 1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(foggier, foggiest) 1. When it is foggy, there is fog. Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet. ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ 2. If you say that you haven't the foggiest or you haven't the foggiest idea, you are emphasizing that you do not know something. (INFORMAL) I did not have the foggiest idea what he meant... PHRASE: V inflects [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Misty, hazy. 2. Confused, dazed, bewildered, muddled, muddy.

Moby Thesaurus

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