Meaning of groundmist | Babel Free

Definitions

A low-lying fog.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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⟳.”

“The old wrought-iron lamps on Bennett's Walk⟳ cast⟳ weak electric beams through the groundmist, making me think⟳ of London and Tyne Street and Jack the Ripper.”

“A low fog rolled across the frozen water, faint ripples thickening into groundmist at the tree line.”

“Groundmist was waist-high and looked as thick as candlegrease. The trees were in a silent semicircle within the mist.”

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