Moist

• POS: Adjective

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.

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.