MOIST, MOISTEN, MOISTENING, MOISTURE
ADJECTIVES
– BATHY damp, moist …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIBULOUS absorbent of moisture …L17
– DABBY moist, sticking to the skin like wet linen …1581
– DAGGIE drizzling, moist, misty …1825 Sc.
– DAMPY wet, moist, damp …1846 Eng. dial.
– DAWKY moist, drizzly …1820 Sc.
– EVING damp, moist, exuding moisture …1892 Eng. dial.
– HYGRIC * relating to water or moisture …1902
– MADEFACIENT †* making moist, wetting …1727
– MADENT †* wet, moist …1727
– MADESCENT slightly moist …Bk1910
– MADID * wet, moist ..1615
– NESH * damp, moist, wet …1387
– ROSCID * resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank …1626
– SAM moist, in a state of perspiration …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration …1809 Eng. dial.
– SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy …c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SUBRIGUOUS † moist, wet, and watery underneath …1656
– THAMP soft; pliable, not easily broken; moist …1851 Eng. dial.
– THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness …1691 Eng. dial.
– THONY damp, moist, soft …1691 Eng. dial.
– UVID †* moist, wet …1656
– VOKEY damp, juicy, moist …1790 Eng. dial.
– VOKY damp, juicy, moist …1790 Eng. dial.
– WACK † moist, damp, wet, clammy …1513 Sc.
– WAK † moist, damp, wet …1513 Sc.
NOUNS
– DEG(G) damp, moisture; a drop of water …1897 Eng. dial.
– IMBUITION †* a thorough moistening …1658
– MADEFACTION † a wetting; the act of making wet or moist …1581 now rare or obs.
– MADEFICATION † a moistening or wetting …1727
– MADIDITY † moisture, wetness …1656
– MADIDNESS moistness, wetness …1731 obs.
– MOIST moisture …a1366
– SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture …1895 Sc.
– SUCCITY †* moisture …1646
– WACKNESS † moisture, humidity …c1520 Sc.
– WAK † moisture, humidity …1456 Sc.
– WAKNESS † moisture, humidity …c1520 Sc.
– WAT moisture …B1900 Sc.
VERBS
– BEMOIST † to make moist …1567
– BEMOISTEN to make moist …1590
– BESHED † to drench, moisten, wet with …1382
– DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly …1853 Eng. dial.
– DANK † to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain …a1310
– DEG(G) to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak …1781 Eng. dial.
– IMMOISTURE † to moisten …1523
– MADEFY † to make wet; to moisten …c1420
– MADIDATE † to wet or moisten …1656
– MOIST † to moisten …1382 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– RIGATE † to moisten …1657
– SAP to saturate; to drench; to moisten …1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.