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单词 petty-fog
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petty-fogn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petty adj., fog n.2 I.
Etymology: < petty adj. + fog n.2 I., apparently punningly after pettifog n.
Obsolete.
A small mist.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun]
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > thick mist or fog > other types of fog
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1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 19 And thus much for this cloud I cannot say rather then petty-fog of witnesses, with which Episcopall men would cast a mist before us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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