Moist

Adjective

 * 1) Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.
 * 2) *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.
 * 1) *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."
 * 1) Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.
 * 2) *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."
 * 1) Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.
 * 2) *2008, Graham Harvey, The Guardian, 8 Sep 2008:
 * With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.
 * 1)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness.
 * 2) *1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
 * Pituita, or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the chylus [...].
 * 1)  Watery, liquid, fluid.
 * 2) *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.
 * 1)  Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.
 * 2)  Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).
 * 3) *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.

Synonyms

 * dank
 * damp

Related terms

 * moisten
 * moisture

Adverbs for Moist
excessively; extremely; unpleasantly; disagreeably; dangerously; unfortunately; satisfactorily; sufficiently; disastrously; continually;  humidly;   oppressively;   soggily; swampily; conveniently; productively.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From moiste:, from  moiste: and  moiste:, of obscure origin and formation. Perhaps from a late variant of mucidus: combined with a reflex of  mustum:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: humit, humida
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 潮濕的, 潮湿的 (cháoshī de)
 * Dutch: vochtig, nattig
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: humide (skin: moite)
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Indonesian: lembap
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 湿った (しめった, shimetta)
 * Korean: 축축한 (chukchukhan)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: umed, umedă
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: vlhký, vlhká , vlhké
 * Slovene: vlažen
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish: itkun partaalla
 * French: au bord des larmes


 * Portuguese: Quase chorando

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