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humective

humective adjective: tending to moisten.

Adjective

humective (comparative more humective, superlative most humective)

  1. (obsolete) Tending to moisten.

Noun

humective (plural humectives)

  1. (obsolete) A humectant.

Forms of humective

Adjective
comparativemore humective
superlativemost humective
Noun
pluralhumectives

Questions about humective

What does humective mean?
Humective means tending to moisten.
What part of speech is humective?
Humective can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near humective in the dictionary

  1. humectating
  2. humectation
  3. humectations
  4. humected
  5. humecting
  6. humective
  7. humectives
  8. humects
  9. humefied
  10. humefies
  11. humefy

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