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Definition of Moistness
1. Noun. A slight wetness.
Generic synonyms: Wetness
Specialized synonyms: Clamminess, Dankness, Rawness
Derivative terms: Damp, Damp, Moist
Definition of Moistness
1. n. The quality or state of being moist.
Definition of Moistness
1. Noun. The property of being moist. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Moisture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moistness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moistness
Literary usage of Moistness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Reduced rainfall above this level. Perpetual snow. Cloudiness. Reduction in
water-vapour at great altitudes. Rapid alternation of moistness and dryness of ..."
2. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"This stage of life predominates in the faculty of the moistness that, being both
most delightful to nature and akin to heat, introduces a due proportion, ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"(The go of beating, pounding, the bv of moistness, the -oía of through or outness.
... moistness ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and on* the moistness of ^A the climate. Vast areas in Russia are quite unfit
for Throughout Russia the winter is of long duration. ..."
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