MUGGY

muggy, steamy, sticky

(adjective) hot or warm and humid; “muggy weather”; “the steamy tropics”; “sticky weather”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

muggy (comparative muggier, superlative muggiest)

(Of the weather, air, etc) humid, or hot and humid.

(obsolete) wet or mouldy

Synonyms

• (of the weather): close, oppressive, sticky, sultry

Source: Wiktionary


Mug"gy, a. [Compar. Muggier; superl. Muggiest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. mugga mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th Mold.]

1. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.

2. Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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