fogginess

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fog·gy

(fô′gē, fŏg′ē)

adj. fog·gi·er, fog·gi·est

a. Full of or surrounded by fog.

b. Resembling or suggestive of fog.

2. Clouded or blurred by or as if by fog; vague: had only a foggy memory of what happened; hasn't the foggiest idea how to get home.

fog′gi·ly adv.

fog′gi·ness n.

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Noun	1.	fogginess - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance murk, murkiness, fog atmospheric state, atmosphere - the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog" fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
	2.	fogginess - the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light dimness, faintness - the quality of being dim or lacking contrast vagueness - indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"

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fogginess

[ˈfɒgɪnɪs] n → nebbiosità

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