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moistness

moistness noun: the property of being moist.

Noun

moistness (countable and uncountable, plural moistnesses)

  1. The property of being moist.
    • Alway remember, that in wynter fleume increaſeth by reaſon of rayne and moyſtneſſe of that ſeaſon, alſo the length of nyghtes and moche reſte. And therfore in that tyme cholerike perſons, are beſt at eaſe, ſemblably are yonge men, but to olde men wynter is ennemye.153[9], Thomas Elyot, “Of Tyme”, in The Castel of Helth […], London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […], →OCLC, book II, folio 39, recto
  2. (obsolete) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
    • The moistnesse which the roote of a tree suckes becomes a trunke, a leafe, and fruite: And the aire being but one, applied unto a trumpet, becommoth diverse in a thousand sorts of sounds.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter XII, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    moisture

moistness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi

moistness in Hindi

moistness — see also moisture
आर्द्रता ārdratā

moistness in Tamil

ஈரப்பற்று, பசை, பச்செனவு, பசுமை, ஊரல், நமுப்பு

moistness in Urdu

گیلا پن, نمی, رطوبت, سیلا پن

moistness in Punjabi

moistness, wetness
ਗਿੱਲ gill

Synonyms of moistness

Forms of moistness

pluralmoistnesses

Origin of moistness

From Middle English moistnesse, moistnes, equivalent to moist + -ness.

Questions about moistness

What does moistness mean?
Moistness means the property of being moist.
What is moistness in Hindi?
Moistness in Hindi is आर्द्रता (ārdratā). See Moistness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is moistness?
Moistness is a noun.
What is the plural of moistness?
The plural of moistness is moistnesses.

Words near moistness in the dictionary

  1. moistifying
  2. moisting
  3. moistish
  4. moistless
  5. moistly
  6. moistness
  7. moistnesses
  8. moists
  9. moisture
  10. moisture equivalent
  11. moisture equivalents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moistness (page history and authors); moistness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moistness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗਿੱਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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