humid

adj
/ˈhjuːmɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ūmeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

  1. derived from *wegʷ- — “wet
  2. derived from humidus — “moist
  3. derived from humide

Definitions

  1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere)

    Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

    • humid earth
    • Evening cloud, or humid bow.
    • Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at humid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at humid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at humid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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