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Humid

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Adjective

HYPHEN

hu=mid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Humid has 1 sense

humid(s = adj.all) Array - containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"

Derived forms noun humidity₁, noun humidness₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Humid, a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. "ygro`s, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. vökr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.].

Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. [1913 Webster]

"Evening cloud, or humid bow." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Humid, adj. (of the air or climate) warm and damp.

Derivative

humidly adv.

Etymology

F humide or L humidus f. umere be moist

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THESAURUS

Humid

boggy, clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, fenny, marshy, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, rainy, roric, roriferous, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, swampy, sweltering, tacky, undried, wet, wettish

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Humid

Moisture

N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.

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