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ˈwettish, a.
[f. wet a. + -ish.]
Somewhat wet.
1648R. Josselin Diary (Camden 1908) 53 A wett night, and wettish day. 1651in Hartlib's Legacy (1655) 99, I have been with Doctor D. about Lucern, who tells me that it groweth best in wettish grounds. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 47 This loose Earth..should be ploughed and sowed in a wettish Time. 1764J. Ferguson Lect. 59 Wettish or sandy ground. 1788Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 98 It continues wettish and windy. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXIV. 16 Flowers are odoriferous in wettish air. 1828Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) I. 424 She looked..eastward with wettish eyes. 1871― in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. III. 192 Weather mild though dim and wettish. 1882Garden 6 May 305/1 Particularly in deep, wettish soils.
Hence ˈwettishness.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Moistness, wettishness, dampness. |