Scotch mist
Scotch mist noun: a cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
Noun
Scotch mist (countable and uncountable, plural Scotch mists)
- A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
- Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
- Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain.1945, Eric H Partridge, “Words Get Their Wings”, in College English, volume 7, number 1, page 29
- Something imaginary, nonexistent, or overlooked.
- A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
- The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
- Synonyms:
- wood bedstraw
Scotch mist meaning in Tamil
Scotch mist in Tamil
- நுண்துளித்தாறல், நுண்துளித்தூறல், ஸ்காட்லாந்து பனிமூட்டம்
Synonyms of Scotch mist
Forms of Scotch mist
| plural | Scotch mists |
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Questions about Scotch mist
- What does Scotch mist mean?
- Scotch mist means a cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
- What is Scotch mist in Tamil?
- Scotch mist in Tamil is நுண்துளித்தாறல், நுண்துளித்தூறல், ஸ்காட்லாந்து பனிமூட்டம். See Scotch mist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Scotch mist?
- Scotch mist is a noun.
- What is the plural of Scotch mist?
- The plural of Scotch mist is Scotch mists.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scotch mist (page history and authors); Scotch mist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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