'Moist' definitions:

Definition of 'moist'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: damp, dampish, moist]

Definition of 'Moist'

From: GCIDE
  • Moist \Moist\, v. t. To moisten. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moist'

From: GCIDE
  • Moist \Moist\, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
  • 1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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