danknessn.
/ˈdaŋknɪs/ The quality of being dank; humidity, dampness.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun]
moistnessc1390
moisturea1398
humidityc1450
waterishness1532
moist1562
dankishness1576
moistishness1576
dankness1601
dampishness1607
madidity1656
dampness1665
humidness1727
madidness1731
dampiness1830
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 476 The naturall moisture and dankenesse that commeth from thence.
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 31 To save them from the Danknesse of the Vault.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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n.1601- anti-caking
- anti-caledonian
- anti-calligraphic
- anti-carnivorous
- anti-cathedralist
- anti-catholic
- anti-catholicism
- anti-centralization
- anti-cheater
- anti-choice
- anti-choicer
- anti-choicers
- anti-chorus
- anti-christ
- anti-churchgoing
- anti-churchian
- anti-classicist
- anti-clergy
- anti-clericalism
- anti-coagulant
- anti-coincidence
- anti-colic
- anti-colonial
- andropetal
- andropetalar