moiste

Middle English

Alternative forms

• moist, moyst

Etymology

From Old French moiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔi̯st(ə)/

Adjective

moiste (plural and weak singular moiste, comparative moister, superlative moistest)

1. moist, wet, soaked
2. wettened, moistened
3. (alchemy, medicine) Something that is considered alchemically wet/moist

Synonyms

• wet

Descendants

• English: moist

References

• “moist(e (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

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Old French

Etymology

From a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) and forms of *mustum; cf. *mustidus.

Adjective

moiste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiste)

1. damp; wet; clammy; moist

Descendants

• → Middle English: moiste
  • English: moist
• French: moite

References

• Etymology and history of “moite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.