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dampish

adj
/ˈdæmpɪʃ/

Etymology

From damp + -ish.

  1. derived from *dampaz✻
  2. derived from dampen
  3. inherited from dampen — “to stifle; suffocate”
  4. suffixed as dampish — “damp + ish”

Definitions

  1. Characterised by noxious vapours

    Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.

    • All suddenly dim woxe the dampish ayre, / And griesly shadowes couered heauen bright [...].

  2. Moderately damp or moist.

    • I was four but I turned four hundred maybe, Encountering the ancient dampish feel Of a clay floor. Maybe four thousand even.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA