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Definitions and meaning of moist

moist

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /mɔɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪst

Etymology 1

The adjective is derived from Middle English moist, moiste (“damp, humid, moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; made up of water or other fluids, fluid; of ale: fresh; (figuratively) carnal, lascivious; undisciplined, weak; (alchemy, medicine, physics) dominated by water as an element”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman moist, moiste, moste, Middle French moiste, and Old French moiste, muste (“damp, moist, wet”) (modern French moite); further etymology uncertain, perhaps a blend of a Late Latin variant of Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”) + a Late Latin derivative of Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice or wine, must”).

The noun is derived from the adjective.

Adjective

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

1. Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: moisty; see also Thesaurus:wet

   Antonyms: unmoist; see also Thesaurus:dry
2. Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: dewy-eyed, misty, teary, weepy, wet
3. Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: dank; see also Thesaurus:muggy
4. (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on. [from 20th c.]

   Synonym: wet
5. (medicine)
   1. Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc. [from 14th c.]
   2. Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
6. (sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality. [from 14th c.]
7. (obsolete)
   1. Fluid, liquid, watery. [from 14th or earlier–17th c.]

      Synonyms: liquidlike; see also Thesaurus:fluidic
   2. (also poetic) Bringing moisture or rain. [a. 14th – 18th c.]

Usage notes

Moist is mostly used for agreeable or neutral conditions (for example, “moist cake”) while damp is mainly used for disagreeable conditions (“damp clothes”).

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Noun

moist (uncountable)

1. (obsolete except US, regional) Moistness; also, moisture.

Derived terms

• moistless (archaic)

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Etymology 2

From Middle English moisten, moist, moiste (“to make moist or wet; to soak in liquid; to become moist or wet; to provide with moisture or water; to satisfy thirst with liquor or water, slake”) [and other forms], and then either:

• from Anglo-Norman muster (“to make moist or wet”), Middle French moistir, and Old French moistir (“to make moist or wet; to become moist or wet”) (compare enmoistir; modern French moitir), from Old French moiste, muste (“damp, moist, wet”) (see etymology 1) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second conjugation verbs); or
• from Middle English moist, moiste (adjective) (see etymology 1), though the adjective is first attested later.

Verb

moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)

1. (transitive)
   1. (obsolete except British, regional and US) To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.

      Synonyms: dampen, enmoisten, hydrate, wet

      Antonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry, (obsolete) exiccate, exsiccate, parch
   2. (obsolete, figuratively) To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
2. (intransitive)
   1. (US) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
   2. (obsolete) To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

Derived terms

• moisted (adjective)
• moisting (adjective) (archaic, poetic)
• moisting (noun) (obsolete)

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• omits

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) mȯistõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muja-. Cognates include Estonian mõistma (“to understand”), Finnish muistaa (“to remember”).

Verb

moist

1. understand

Middle English

Adjective

moist

1. Alternative form of moiste