moist

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɔɪst/

  Rhymes: -ɔɪst

[edit] Adjective

moist (comparative moister or more moist, superlative moistest or most moist)

1. Slightly wet.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.

     Thales, the founder of this type of philosophy, says the principle is water (for which reason he declared that the earth rests on water), getting the notion perhaps from seeing that the nutriment of all things is moist...

[edit] Synonyms

• damp

[edit] Related terms

• moisten
• moisture

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• Anagrams of imost
• omits