A thin, light bunch of something like hair, straw, or smoke, or a person who is thin and small.
From Old English or Middle English origin, possibly related to 'whisk.' The word has been used since at least 1400 to describe thin strands of material.
A wisp of smoke is so delicate that it shapes itself entirely by air currents—medieval people used wisps of smoke to predict weather and divine the future, similar to how we read clouds today.
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