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moysture

moysture is the obsolete form of moisture.

Meaning of moisture

Noun

moisture (usually uncountable, plural moistures)

  1. (usually) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
    • drops / beads of moisture
  2. (usually) The state of being moist.
    • […] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:1631, Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee...
  3. (usually) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

Forms of moysture

pluralmoystures

Questions about moysture

What is moysture the obsolete form of?
Moysture is the obsolete form of moisture.

Words near moysture in the dictionary

  1. Moyses
  2. Moyshe
  3. Moyski
  4. Moyskis
  5. Moyston
  6. moysture
  7. moystures
  8. Moyu
  9. Moyvally
  10. Moz
  11. Moz.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moysture (page history and authors); moisture (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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