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Definition moist

Etymology

From Middle English moiste (“moist, wet", also "fresh”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman moiste and Middle French moiste (“damp, mouldy, wet”), of obscure origin and formation. Perhaps from a late variant of Latin m?cidus (“slimy, musty”) combined with a reflex of Latin mustum (“must”).

Adjective

moist (comparative moister or more moist, superlative moistest or most moist)

  1. Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. [from 14th c.]
  2. Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. [from 14th c.]
  3. Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. [from 14th c.]
  4. (sciences, now historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. [from 14th c.]
  5. (obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid. [14th-17th c.]
  6. (medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. [from 14th c.]
  7. (colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman). [from 20th c.]

Verb

moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To moisten.

Results 311 Words with the letters MOIST

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8 letter words with the letters MOIST 
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IMPOST 12
INMOST 10
MONIST 10
MOTIFS 12
OSTIUM 10
SITCOM 12
VOMITS 13
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4 letter words with the letters MOIST 
MISO 7
MIST 7
MOST 7
MOTS 7
OMIT 7
SMIT 7
TOMS 7
3 letter words with the letters MOIST 
ISM 6
ITS 3
MIS 6
MOS 6
MOT 6
OMS 6
SIM 6
SIT 3
SOT 3
TIS 3
TOM 6
2 letter words with the letters MOIST 
IS 2
IT 2
MI 5
MO 5
OI 2
OM 5
OS 2
SI 2
SO 2
TI 2
TO 2

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