MOIST

damp, dampish, moist

(adjective) slightly wet; “clothes damp with perspiration”; “a moist breeze”; “eyes moist with tears”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Moist

A surname.

Anagrams

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Etymology

Adjective

moist (comparative moister or more moist, superlative moistest or most moist)

Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. [from 14th c.]

Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. [from 14th c.]

Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. [from 14th c.]

(science, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. [14th-17th c.]

(medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. [from 14th c.]

(colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman). [from 20th c.]

Usage notes

Moist is mostly used for agreeable conditions while damp is mainly used for disagreeable conditions

• moist cake

• damp clothes

Synonyms

• (slightly wet): damp, thone/thoan (dialect); see also wet

• (tearful): dewy-eyed, misty, weepy, wet

• (rainy, damp): dank or see muggy

• (watery, liquid, fluid): liquidlike; see also fluidic

Verb

moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)

(obsolete, transitive) To moisten.

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Source: Wiktionary

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Moist, a. Etym: [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]

1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.

2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.

Moist, v. t.

Definition: To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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