humidityn.
/hjuːˈmɪdɪti/ 1. The quality or condition of being humid; moistness, dampness. relative humidity (of the atmosphere) in Meteorology, the amount of moisture which it contains as compared with that of complete saturation at the given temperature.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > quality or condition of being moist or humid
humidityc1450
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
c1450 Burgh Contn. Lydgate Secrees 1906 Ffor Chaung of Complexioun by drynesse or humydite.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xviii. sig. J.iii All maner of flesshe the whiche is inclyned to humydyte.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 129 By reason of the humidity of the Northerne wind, which here is the moystest.
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks 207 This Hygrometer..the use whereof is to find out precisely the Humidity and Siccity of the Air.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 380 The relative humidity of the atmosphere, as indicated by a hygrometer.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. ii. 58 A day of average humidity in England.
2.
a. concrete. Fluid matter that makes a body humid; moisture (diffused through a gas as vapour or through a solid substance, or condensed upon a surface); damp.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun]
wetc888
wetec897
wetnessc950
wekea1300
wokeness1340
moistc1387
moistnessc1390
moisturec1390
dank?a1400
humidity1412
wakc1485
waknessc1520
aquosity1528
weakinessa1642
succity1646
fogginess1674
damp1706
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi. (Digby 230) After þat ver haþ made out of þe roote The humydite kyndely to ascende.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. A iv b Blud..is very nere like humidite whiche is as fundation of lyfe.
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 78 Death..cometh.., when through want of refrigeration the radicall humidity is consumed and dry'd up.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Guaiacum The watery Humidity call'd Phlegm.
1893 R. S. Ball In High Heavens 277 When the heat was greatest ..the air was..largely charged with humidity.
b. plural. The humours and juices of animals and plants. (Cf. humour n. 1.)
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the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > fluids
humour1340
humiditiesc1400
suck1560
succus1771
tissue fluid1900
the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap
oozeeOE
sapOE
milkOE
slime?c1225
juicec1290
humoura1398
opiuma1398
watera1425
sop1513
afion1542
suc1551
suck1560
ab1587
lymph1682
blood1690
fluid1705
humidities1725
succus1771
plant milk1896
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 28 Anoþer maner fleisch þer is þat is glandelose..& his Iuuament is þat he turne humedites [B. vmydites], þat is to seie moistnes to her heete.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (R.) Imbibing the superfluous humidities of the body.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pomegranate-tree This Mould..and its Salts..will..penetrate the Roots of the Pomegranate-Trees, by Means of the Humidities which draw them thither.
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