dampnessn.
/ˈdampnɪs/ The condition or quality of being damp; moistness, humidity; moisture.
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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
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 423 The dampness of the fields.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 101 Nor need they fear the dampness of the Sky..'Twas onely water thrown on sails too dry.
1765 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) i. iv. 55 A careful observer, in a night when there is a great dew, will perceive a dampness upon every surface.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 187 The valet..cursing the rain and the dampness of the coachman who was steaming beside him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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