moist
see also: Moist
Pronunciation
Moist
Proper noun
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see also: Moist
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /mɔɪst/
moist (comparative moister, superlative moistest)
- Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. [from 14th c.]
- 1937, "Modernist Miracle", Time, 1 Nov 1937:
- Joseph Smith, a diffident, conscientious young man with moist hands and an awkward, absent-minded manner, was head gardener at Wotton Vanborough.
- 2011, Dominic Streatfeild, The Guardian, 7 Jan 2011:
- "The other car didn't explode," continues Shujaa. "The explosives were a bit moist. They had been stored in a place that was too humid."
- 1937, "Modernist Miracle", Time, 1 Nov 1937:
- Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. [from 14th c.]
- 1974, "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time, 6 Dec 1974:
- Eyes moist, he hugged one of his attorneys and later said: "I feel like I've been reborn."
- 1974, "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time, 6 Dec 1974:
- Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. [from 14th c.]
- 2008, Graham Harvey, The Guardian, 8 Sep 2008:
- With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.
- 2008, Graham Harvey, The Guardian, 8 Sep 2008:
- (science, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗::
- Pituita, or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the chylus […]
- (obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. [14th-17th c.]
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia:
- Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia:
- (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.]
- 2008, Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix, p. 168:
- He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.
- 2008, Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix, p. 168:
- (slightly wet) damp, thone/thoan (dialect); see also Thesaurus:wet
- (tearful) dewy-eyed, misty, weepy, wet
- (rainy) dank or see Thesaurus:muggy
- (watery) liquidlike; see also Thesaurus:fluidic
- French: humide, moite (of skin)
- German: feucht
- Italian: umido
- Portuguese: úmido, húmido
- Russian: вла́жный
- Spanish: húmedo
- French: au bord des larmes
- Italian: bagnato, umido, lacrimoso, piangente
- Russian: (figuratively) глаза́ на мо́кром ме́сте
- Portuguese: lacrimejante
moist (moists, present participle moisting; past and past participle moisted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To moisten.
Moist
Proper noun
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