moiste

Middle English

Alternative forms

moist, moyst

Etymology

From Old French moiste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔi̯st(ə)/

Adjective

moiste (inflected form moiste, comparative moister, superlative moistest)

moist, wet, soaked
wettened, moistened
(alchemy, medicine) Something that is considered alchemically wet/moist

Synonyms

wet

Descendants

English: moist

References

“moist(e (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Old French

Etymology

From a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) with forms of *mustum; cf. *mustidus.

Adjective

moiste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiste)

damp; wet; clammy; moist

Descendants

Middle English: moiste (borrowed)
- English: moist
French: moite

References

“moite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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