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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective moist has 1 sense
- moist(s = adj.all) damp, dampish - slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" Derived form noun moistness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
moist, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.].
- Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Fresh, or new. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
moist, v. t.
To moisten. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moist, adj.
1 a slightly wet; damp. b (of the season etc.) rainy.
2 (of a disease) marked by a discharge of matter etc.
1 a slightly wet; damp. b (of the season etc.) rainy.
2 (of a disease) marked by a discharge of matter etc.
Derivative
moistly adv. moistness n.
Etymology
ME f. OF moiste, ult. from or rel. to L mucidus (see MUCUS) and musteus fresh (see MUST(2))
THESAURUS
moist
boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, fenny, foggy, gooey, humid, lachrymose, marshy, maudlin, misty, muggy, mushy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sappy, slushy, soggy, soupy, steamy, sticky, swampy, tacky, tearful, teary, undried, wet, wettishROGET THESAURUS
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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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