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What is the difference between moist and dampish?

moist | dampish |

In obsolete terms the difference between moist and dampish

is that moist is watery, liquid, fluid while dampish is characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.

As adjectives the difference between moist and dampish

is that moist is slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp while dampish is characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.

moist

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.
  • * 1937 , "Modernist Miracle", Time , 1 Nov 1937:
    • Joseph Smith, a diffident, conscientious young man with moist hands and an awkward, absent-minded manner, was head gardener at Wotton Vanborough.
  • * 2011 , Dominic Streatfeild, The Guardian , 7 Jan 2011:
    • "The other car didn't explode," continues Shujaa. "The explosives were a bit moist . They had been stored in a place that was too humid."
  • Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.
  • * 1974 , "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time , 6 Dec 1974:
    • Eyes moist , he hugged one of his attorneys and later said: "I feel like I've been reborn."
  • Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.
  • * 2008 , Graham Harvey, The Guardian , 8 Sep 2008:
    • With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.
  • *:
    • Pituita'', or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the ''chylus  […].
  • (obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid.
  • * 1658 , Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia :
    • Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.
  • (medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.
  • (colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).
  • * 2008 , Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix , p. 168:
    • He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.

    Synonyms

    * dank * damp *

    Related terms

    * moisten * moisture

    Anagrams

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    dampish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • All suddenly dim woxe the dampish ayre, / And griesly shadowes couered heauen bright [...].
  • Moderately damp or moist.

    • Derived terms

    * dampishly * dampishness

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