humid
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, correctly umidus (“moist”), from humere, correctly umere (“to be moist”), akin to ūvēns (“moist”), ūvidus, ūdus (“moist”); all from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-, *wogʷ- (“wet”). Cognate with Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”), Scots wak (“moist, damp, wetness, moisture”), English weaky (“moist, wet”). More at weaky.
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Adjective[edit]
humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)
- Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery
- humid earth
- 1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
- Evening cloud, or humid bow.
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slightly wet
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Further reading[edit]
- humid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- humid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- humid at OneLook Dictionary Search
