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moiste
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French moiste, of unknown origin.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
moiste (plural and weak singular moiste, comparative moister, superlative moistest)
- damp, wet, soaked, moist, dampened
- well-irrigated, well-watered
- made up of water or other fluids
- (of liquids) watery, diluted
- (of ale) fresh
- (rare) immature, fresh
- undisciplined, weak
- (figuratively) carnal, lascivious
- (alchemy, medicine, physics) dominated by water as an element
Usage notes
This term is used as a technical term in alchemy and medicine.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: moist
References
- “moist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 March 2018.
Noun
moiste (uncountable)
References
- “moist(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
moiste
- alternative form of moisten
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Old French
Etymology
From a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) and forms of *mustum; cf. *mustidus.
Adjective
moiste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiste)
Descendants
References
- Etymology and history of “moite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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