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moist¹
- /mɔɪst/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪst
Where it comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English moist, moiste [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman moist, moiste, moste, Middle French moiste, and Old French moiste, muste (“damp, moist, wet”) (modern French moite); further etymology uncertain, perhaps a blend of a Late Latin variant of Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”) + a Late Latin derivative of Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice or wine, must”).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
adjective moister · more moist · moistest · most moist
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Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
Will theſe moyſt Trees, / That haue out-liu'd the Eagle, page thy heeles / And skip when thou point'ſt out?
Similar: moisty, bewatered, damp, drenched, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, overwatered, plashy · Opposite: unmoist, anhydrous, arid, bone dry, droughty, dry, dry as a bone, exsuccous, parched, sare, sear, sere
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Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
[H]aue you not a moiſt eie, a dry hand, a yelow cheeke, a white beard, a decreaſing leg, an increaſing belly? […] and will you yet call your ſelfe yong? fie, fie, fie, ſir Iohn.
Similar: dewy-eyed, misty, teary, weepy, wet, cryey, crysome, lachrymate, lachrymose, larmoyant, maudlin, moist
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Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
Ye Swains, invoke the Pow'rs who rule the Sky, / For a moiſt Summer, and a Winter dry: / For Winter drout rewards the Peaſant's Pain, / And broods indulgent on the bury'd Grain.
Similar: dank, close, heavy, muggy, oppressive, steamy, sticky, sultry, sweltering, tropic, tropical
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Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.
Similar: wet
- Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
- Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
- Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality. [T]he moiſt ſtarre, / Vpon whoſe influence Neptunes Empier ſtands, / Was ſicke almoſt to doomeſday with eclipſe, […]
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Fluid, liquid, watery.
O pardon me, my liege, but for my teares, / The moiſt impediments vnto my ſpeech, / I had foreſtald this deere and deep rebuke, […]
Similar: liquidlike, fluent, fluid, fluidal, fluidic, fluidical, liquid, moist
- Bringing moisture or rain. And the moiſt daughters of huge Atlas ſtroue / Into the Ocean deepe to driue their weary droue.
noun
- Moistness; also, moisture. [T]hey launch'd the ship, the mast it bore / Advanc'd, sails hoised, every seat his oar / Gave with a leather thong. The deep moist then / They further reach'd.
moist²
- /mɔɪst/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪst
Where it comes from
From Middle English moisten, moist, moiste (“to make moist or wet; to soak in liquid; to become moist or wet; to provide with moisture or water; to satisfy thirst with liquor or water, slake”) [and other forms], and then either:
* from Anglo-Norman muster (“to make moist or wet”), Middle French moistir, and Old French moistir (“to make moist or wet; to become moist or wet”) (compare enmoistir; modern French moitir), from Old French moiste, muste (“damp, moist, wet”) (see etymology 1) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second conjugation verbs); or
* from Middle English moist, moiste (adjective) (see etymology 1), though the adjective is first attested later.
verb moists · moisting · moisted
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To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.
He calleth for a ſponge (ſaith Theodoritus) and therevvith moiſteth and vvaſsheth Simeones mouthe, and then geueth him the holy Sacrament.
Similar: dampen, enmoisten, hydrate, wet · Opposite: dehydrate, desiccate, dry, exiccate, exsiccate, parch
- To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
- To rain lightly; to drizzle.
- To have an effect of moistening or wetting. Auyſing the bright bemes of theſe fayer Iyes / where he is that myn oft moiſteth & waſſheth
Moist³
noun Moists
- A follower of the religion of Moism.
Moist⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: damp, wet, dampish, moisture, humid, dewy, humidity, clammy, humidified, wetter, rainy, rain, sticky, sweaty, wetland, damper
Translations
Every language
adj characterized by the presence of moisture; slightly wet
| 한국어 | 축축한 chukchukhan |
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| 日本語 | 湿った shimetta, しっとり shittori |
| 中文 | 潮濕 /潮湿 cháoshi, 濕潤 /湿润 shīlùn |
| हिन्दी | गीला gīlā, आबी ābī, नम nam |
| Português | úmido, húmido |
| Français | humide, moite |
| Deutsch | feucht |
| Italiano | umido |
| Ελληνικά | νοτισμένος notisménos, νοτερός noterós, υγρός ygrós |
| Română | umed |
| Русский | вла́жный vlážnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ẩm |
| العربية | رَطِب raṭib, بَلّ ball |
| עברית | לַח laẖ |
adj of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal
| 日本語 | 濡れた nureta |
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title = {moist},
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