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moira | moira shearer | moirae | moirai | moire | moist | moisten | moistener | moistening | moistful | moistless

moist

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Adjective
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1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

moista. [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]
moistv. 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.

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, wettish

ROGET THESAURUS

moist

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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