wetness

2 definitions found

wetness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wetness \Wet"ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as,
        the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of
        being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather
        or the season.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is
           implied by humidness or moisture.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Sweat or sweating; -- a euphemism. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

wetness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wetness
      n 1: the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid
           (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the
           swimming trunks" [ant: dryness, waterlessness,
           xerotes]