moist

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
2. Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
3. Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
4. (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
5. Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
6. Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
7. (historical) 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.
8. (obsolete) Fluid, liquid, watery.
9. (also, obsolete, poetic) Bringing moisture or rain.

Noun

Moistness; also, moisture.

Verb

1. (US, regional, transitive) To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.
2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
3. (US, intransitive) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

Concepts

humide

mouillé

moite

au bord des larmes

mou

tenace

collant

glutineux

Humide

poisseux

visqueux

devenir humide

être humide

trempé

doux

frais

gluant

Opposé de

unmoist, wet, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, exiccate, exsiccate, parch

Synonymes

damp

wet

humid

dank

soggy

clammy

watery

soaked

muggy

soft

dampish

madid

smooth

sticky

become wet

swampy

be damp

dewy

dampen

jammy

juice

lachrymose

limy

liquid

moisten

moistened

moistening

moisture

moisty

molten

pool

rain

🌧️

rainy

raw

ropy

saturated

shining

sleek

soak

sweaty

tacky

tearful

tenacious

undried

viscid

viscous

watered

weeping

wetted

adhesive

Traductions

feucht

húmedo

umido

vochtig

υγρός

bagnato

húmido

mojado

nass

úmido

humit

nattig

ıslak

nemli

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɔɪst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: moist

Appartenant à français: moite

Hérité de moyen anglais: moisten

Appartenant à français: moitir

In summary

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.