fogginessn.
/ˈfɒɡɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɔɡinᵻs/, /ˈfɑɡinᵻs/ 1. The state or condition of being fat; flabbiness; corpulence. Cf. foggy adj. 6a. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cviiiv In englyshe it is named fatnes or fogeynes or suche lyke.
1584 Partridge's Treasurie (rev. ed.) lxxxi. sig. E. viii For them that be ouer fat or foggie people.., to..swage their fogginesse, without hurt.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. G3 Abstinence..is commodious for any feminine personage: keeping them from fogginesse, grosnesse and fiery faces.
1682 A. Marsh Ten Pleasures of Marriage ix. 186 That fulsomness and fogginess of body, that you have gotten in your Nursekeeping.
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses xi. 170 All fogginess..proceeds from an over-great Relaxation of the Canals and Vessels.
1751 J. Cleland Mem. Coxcomb iii. 248 Those of her vocation..break as naturally into foggyness, and corpulence, as the rest of the publican tribe.
II. Senses relating to fog or mist.† 4. Dampness; moisture. Obsolete. rare.
2. The quality or condition of being foggy or misty. Occasionally figurative. Cf. foggy adj. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] > confusion
fogginess1572
diffusedness1611
implicancy1638
implicate1656
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > thick mist or fog > fogginess
fogginess1572
fogdom1849
1572 A. Golding tr. H. Bullinger Confut. Popes Bull f. 40 A new Italian Cacus that..dazeleth the sight of blearied folke with black fogginesse and darcknes mixt with fire.
1612 J. Guy Jrnl. 5 Nov. in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) IV. iv. 154/2 The foggienes of the weather hindred the prospecte.
1623 T. Myriell Christians Comfort 46 The mists and foggynes of carnall delights.
1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 131 The Fogginess of the Weather.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §22. 451 The clearness or fogginess of the air.
1800 Morning Post & Gazetteer 16 Dec. From the extreme fogginess of the day, it was no matter of surprise that the company soon lost each other.
1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xi. 171 A slight fogginess in the direction of the newly-seen islands continued to render the view of them indistinct.
1914 F. Shreve Montane Rain-forest 22 The absence of showy birds and insects gives the forest an air of gloom to which its continual fogginess only adds.
1966 Idaho State Jrnl. 30 Dec. 1/8 Skies..will clear again Saturday afternoon after some morning clouds and fogginess.
2010 S. Borders & K. Borders Globe 134 The sun stretched its powerful claws through the fogginess of the jungle mist.
3. Lack of clarity, esp. in thought or expression of ideas; inability to think clearly. Cf. foggy adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [noun]
fogginess1648
unconnectedness1772
puzzle-patedness1799
botherheadedness1814
muzziness1814
addlement1825
addle-headedness1835
muddleheadedness1839
woolliness1856
puzzleheadedness1858
harl1889
wooziness1924
1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 96 The Fogginesse of my Conceptus.
1832 Times 23 Nov. With a fogginess of intellect congenial with their clumsy purpose.
1893 Church Times 3 Mar. 221/1 There would be much less fogginess..and much more common sense.
1921 Continent 24 Mar. 337/2 A sort of notion..hazy with typical modern fogginess.
1970 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 25 Feb. 6/5 The visible signs were a certain fogginess at the White House, plus a couple of marginal shifts in the Democratic ranks.
2013 M. Levin Emergency Neurology viii. 36 When the patient has any degree of mental fogginess or anxiety..the distinctions become much more difficult.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun]
wetc888
wetec897
wetnessc950
wekea1300
wokeness1340
moistc1387
moistnessc1390
moisturec1390
dank?a1400
humidity1412
wakc1485
waknessc1520
aquosity1528
weakinessa1642
succity1646
fogginess1674
damp1706
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 128 New moisture or fogginess presses in..till the seed heaves up from a sprouting.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Dampness, moisture; fogginess.
5. The quality or condition of being blurred or indistinct; blurriness. Cf. foggy adj. 4, 5.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness
undistinction1647
shadowinessa1672
indistinctness1704
obscure1787
muzz1843
fogginess1853
blur1860
blurredness1864
veiling1864
fuzziness1866
blear1868
nebulousness1878
incertitude1883
velation1922
blurriness1937
1853 Quart. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 1 169 Causing a sort of fogginess to appear all over it [sc. the picture].
1878 Young Scientist Sept. 118/1 The addition of one drop of nitric acid will insure clear negatives and prevent fogginess.
1912 Trans. Section Ophthalmol. Amer. Med. Assoc. 228 A slight fogginess of vision in the left eye.
1985 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 8 Feb. 11/3 He could, in effect, lift the fogginess obscuring normal electron microscope images.
2000 M. J. P. Wolf Abstracting Reality x. 250 Parts of the image are almost washed out in fogginess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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