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▪ I. dewy, a.|ˈdjuːɪ|
[OE. déawiᵹ, f. déaw dew: see -y. Not recorded in ME.; prob. formed anew in Mod.Eng. (Cf. MHG. touwec, Ger. thauig, Sw. daggig).]
1. a. Characterized by the presence of dew, abounding with dew; covered or wet with dew.
a1000Cædmon's Exod. 344 (Gr.) Guþcyste onþrang deawiᵹ sceaftum. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) S ij b, After the night cometh the dewy mornyng. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 316 The deawie night now doth nye. 1667Milton P.L. i. 743 From Noon to dewy Eve. 1699Pomfret Past. Ess. Death Q. Mary 4 He found Cosmelia weeping on the dewy ground. 1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 267 Decking with countless gems the dewy lawn. 1834H. Martineau Demerara iv. 48 However dewy the evening, she must stand in the grass. 1893Westm. Gaz. 15 July 2/1 Water-hens were hurriedly gathering dewy slugs.
b. Affected by the influence of dew.
1725Pope Odyss. xvii. 688 The sun obliquely shot his dewy ray. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. i. 215 Twilights dewy tints deceived his eye. 1795Southey Joan of Arc viii. 133 O'er the landscape spread The dewy light. 1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & P. iii. 42 The dewy radiance of a morning in paradise.
2. transf. Wet or moistened, as with dew. In Bot. Appearing as if covered with dew.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 44 b, Newe grounde for Meddowe..take such as is ritche, dewye, levell, or a little hanging. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. ii. 34 And her faire deawy eies with kisses deare Shee ofte did bathe. 1853Lynch Self-Improv. ii. 40 His eye..will be clear and calm, and sometimes dewy. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxiv. (1879) 250 Pulling off the spectacles that had become very dewy.
3. Of the nature or quality of dew, dew-like, moist.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 258 Þara breosta biþ deawiᵹ wætung swa swa sie ᵹespat. 1563W. Fulke Meteors (1640) 36 b, Already resolved into dewy drops of rayne. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 283, I would these dewy teares were from the ground. 1598Florio, Nebbiarella, a deawie exhalation, thinner then a cloud. 1635Swan Spec. M. vi. §2 (1643) 197 Sea-water, when it is boyled, doth evaporate a dewie or waterie humour. 1650W. Brough Sacr. Princ. (1659) 124 What is my deawy sweat to Thy bloody agony. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho iv, The vales below were still wrapped in dewy mist.
4. Of dew, made or consisting of dew. poetic.
1820Keats Isabella xxiv, Ere the hot sun count His dewy rosary on the eglantine. 1821Shelley Music 15 When the hot noon has drained its dewy cup. 1827Hood Mids. Fairies lxxix, The buds were hung with dewy beads.
5. fig.
a. Likened in some quality to dew, dew-like; falling gently, vanishing, as the dew. poetic.
1611W. Sclater Key (1629) 188 Those ἐϕίµεροι, diary dewy Christians, whose goodnesse is dissipate as soone as euer the Sunne beholds it. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1044 Till dewie sleep Oppress'd them. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 144 Some of their Ministers that were softened with the dewy drops of his tongue. 1791Cowper Iliad ii. 41 Awaking from thy dewy slumbers. 1830Tennyson Ode to Memory i, Strengthen me, enlighten me!.. Thou dewy dawn of memory.
b. Innocent and trusting; naïve.
1958Times 20 Oct. 3/1 The street-walker..should surely not be played..like the dewy ingenue from Stage Struck. 1962John o' London's 8 Feb. 139/2 Once as dewy-innocent as the great director.
6. Comb. (poetic).
a. adverbial, as dewy-bright, dewy-dark, dewy-fresh, dewy-warm, etc.
b. parasynthetic, as dewy-eyed (also fig. = sense 5 b above.), dewy-feathered, dewy-pinioned, dewy-swarded, etc. OE. had déawiᵹ-feðere = dewy-pinioned.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 1984 (Gr.) Sang se wanna fuᵹel, deawiᵹ-feðera. ― Exod. 163. 1632 Milton Penseroso 146 Entice the dewy-feathered sleep. 1730–46Thomson Autumn 961 The dewy-skirted clouds imbibe the sun. 1777E. Ryves Poems 36 Dewy-pinioned twilight's shadowy reign. 1796T. Townsend Poems 69 Some dewy-feather'd herald send. 1820Keats Isabella xxxvii, Its eyes..all dewy bright with love. 1832Tennyson Œnone 47 Aloft the mountain lawn was dewy-dark, And dewy-dark aloft the mountain pine. 1833― Poems 40 Upon the dewy-swarded slope. 1842― Gardener's Dau. 45 The fields between Are dewy-fresh. 1847― Princ. i. 93 Green gleam of dewy-tassell'd trees. 1864― En. Ard. 611 November dawns and dewy-glooming downs. 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 Hollywood agents, fat or thin, tall or short, dewy-eyed or soiled by life. 1960Guardian 7 Nov. 6/6 He is not..dewy-eyed about young people, but he feels that promotion should come early.
▪ II. dewy
ME. inf. of dew v. |