humid
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)
- Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
- Synonyms: damp, moist; see also Thesaurus:wet
- humid earth
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Evening cloud, or humid bow.
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Translations[edit]
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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- humid at OneLook Dictionary Search
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