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Definition of Moistful
1. a. Full of moisture.
Definition of Moistful
1. Adjective. (archaic) Full of moisture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moistful
1. moist [adj] - See also: moist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moistful
Literary usage of Moistful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... decency ; chastity ; purity of manners. MODICUM, (mod'-de-kum) nt Small
portion ; pittance. MOISTENER, (mçi'-sn-er) n. ». The person moistful ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"[mind} Her mantle richly wrought, with sundry flower* Her moistful temples bound,
with wreaths of green; [and weeds; quivering reeds: Which loosely flowing ..."
3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808)
"... Clad all from head to foot, in gaudy summer's green;— Her mantle richly wrought
with sundry fiow'rs and weeds; Her moistful temples bound with wreaths ..."
4. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-land: Together with Personal Reminiscences of the by William R. Hughes (1893)
"... Clad all from head to foot, in gaudy Summer's green, Her mantle richly wrought
with sundry flow'rs and weeds ; Her moistful temples bound with wreaths ..."
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