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Definition of Mugginess
1. Noun. A state of warm humidity.
Definition of Mugginess
1. n. The condition or quality of being muggy.
Definition of Mugginess
1. Noun. The characteristic of being muggy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mugginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugginess
Literary usage of Mugginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Thus mould is ' mugginess' in this use. Moult, to cast fe..thers, as birds.
(I, ) The / is intrusive. ME monte». ..."
2. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1906)
"It never really does, however; but what fall there is brings the humidity more
nearly to the saturation point, and so the mugginess and general discomfort ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... that is, the degree of discomfort due to the mugginess of the day), and d and
w represent respectively the readings of the dry and wet bulb thermometer. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... the Difensive atmosphere, the perpetual rains, the long-lasting mugginess,
pleaded eloquently against the abandonment of the river until north lat. ..."
5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Thus mould is ' mugginess' in this use. Moult, to cast fe..thers, as birds.
(I, ) The / is intrusive. ME monte». ..."
6. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1903)
"The scene was very fresh and fine, and the cold most exhilarating after the
mugginess of the last two or three days. Mr. G., who has a dizzy head, ..."
7. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"The scene was very fresh and fine, and the cold most exhilarating after the
mugginess of the last two or three days. Mr. (*., who has a dizzy head, ..."
8. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"After some perfect autumnal days we are languishing with headache from two days,
damp and mugginess, ..."
9. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1906)
"It never really does, however; but what fall there is brings the humidity more
nearly to the saturation point, and so the mugginess and general discomfort ..."
10. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... that is, the degree of discomfort due to the mugginess of the day), and d and
w represent respectively the readings of the dry and wet bulb thermometer. ..."
11. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... the Difensive atmosphere, the perpetual rains, the long-lasting mugginess,
pleaded eloquently against the abandonment of the river until north lat. ..."
12. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1903)
"The scene was very fresh and fine, and the cold most exhilarating after the
mugginess of the last two or three days. Mr. G., who has a dizzy head, ..."
13. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"The scene was very fresh and fine, and the cold most exhilarating after the
mugginess of the last two or three days. Mr. (*., who has a dizzy head, ..."
14. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"After some perfect autumnal days we are languishing with headache from two days,
damp and mugginess, and feel it almost as much work as we are equal to to ..."
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