moite

Meaning

  1. sticky, muggy (heat, weather)
  2. sticky, sweaty (skin, hands etc.)

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mwat/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French moiste, muste, from a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) with forms of mustum; cf. *mustidus.

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