Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) · A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid. · An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent. · Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly back-formation from hazy. * Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”).
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