fogginessn.

Brit.

/ˈfɒɡɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈfɔɡinᵻs/,

/ˈfɑɡinᵻs/

Forms: see foggy adj. and -ness suffix. Also 1500s–1600s fogginesse, 1600s– fogginess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foggy adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < foggy adj. + -ness suffix.

†I. Senses relating to fat. Cf. fog n.² II.

1. The state or condition of being fat; flabbiness; corpulence. Cf. foggy adj. 6a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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. Cviii^v 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.

2. The quality or condition of being foggy or misty. Occasionally figurative. Cf. foggy adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†4. Dampness; moisture. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	fogginess
释义	fogginessn. Brit. /ˈfɒɡɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɔɡinᵻs/, /ˈfɑɡinᵻs/ Forms: see foggy adj. and -ness suffix. Also 1500s–1600s fogginesse, 1600s– fogginess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foggy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < foggy adj. + -ness suffix. †I. Senses relating to fat. Cf. fog n.² II. 1. The state or condition of being fat; flabbiness; corpulence. Cf. foggy adj. 6a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. Cviii^v 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. 2. The quality or condition of being foggy or misty. Occasionally figurative. Cf. foggy adj. 1. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †4. Dampness; moisture. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1547
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