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moistness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English moistnesse, moistnes, equivalent to moist + -ness.

  1. inherited from moistnesse

Definitions

  1. The property of being moist.

  2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet

    That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

    • The moistnesse which the roote of a tree suckes becomes a trunke, a leafe, and fruite: And the aire being but one, applied unto a trumpet, becommoth diverse in a thousand sorts of sounds.

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