"groundmist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: groundmists [plural], ground-mist [alternative], ground mist [alternative]
Etymology: From ground + mist. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ground|mist}} ground + mist Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} groundmist (countable and uncountable, plural groundmists)
  1. A low-lying fog. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Weather Synonyms: ground fog
    Sense id: en-groundmist-en-noun-ZEsympjW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From ground + mist.",
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          "ref": "1968, Robert Sherrill, Gothic Politics in the Deep South: Stars of the New Confederacy:",
          "text": "Coleman was the last of the aristocratic governors; not truly aristocratic, of course, but such as is so designated in Mississippi, where the landed gentry claims a bloodline that disappears kindly into the groundmists four or five generations ago, an aristocracy of certitude that nothing will ever change.",
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          "ref": "1999, Stephen King, Hearts In Atlantis, page 471:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone:",
          "text": "A low fog rolled across the frozen water, faint ripples thickening into groundmist at the tree line.",
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          "ref": "1968, Robert Sherrill, Gothic Politics in the Deep South: Stars of the New Confederacy:",
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