Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Misty

Misty (mist"y) , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon mistig. See Mist. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.]

1.
Accompanied with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, a misty morning; misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
2.
Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight; to peer into the misty future.
The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. — Piers Plowman