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单词 moistness
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moistnessn.

Brit. /ˈmɔɪs(t)nᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪs(t)nᵻs/
Forms: see moist adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moist adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < moist adj. + -ness suffix. Compare moisture n. 3.
1. The quality or state of being moist; an instance of this. In early use also concrete: †moisture (obsolete).
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun]
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wetec897
wetnessc950
wekea1300
wokeness1340
moistc1387
moistnessc1390
moisturec1390
dank?a1400
humidity1412
wakc1485
waknessc1520
aquosity1528
weakinessa1642
succity1646
fogginess1674
damp1706
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
c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 318 Þe kuynde of salt druyeþ vp mostnussus.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 165v (MED) Som [medicines]..hingeþ of þe qualiteez of elementez, as bene þo þat giffeþ & makeþ hotenez & coldenez, moistenez & drienez.
c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 162 (MED) And if it so be þat þe wounde passe þe brayn panne þer schal be sum moistenes þat schal passe out, and if þe wounde be not þoruȝ þer schal no moistnesse come out.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) iv. iv. 85 Yf moystnes be shedde in to the vtter partes of a thynge, it fyllyth alle the voyde place therof.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke viii. f. lxxxvij Some [of the seed] fell on ston, and as sone as yt was spronge vp, yt widdred awaye, because yt lacked moystnes.
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 159 Looke that they [sc. the sheets] be drie, and without moistnesse.
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 25 The moistnesse of this Clime.
1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass 350 You must keep these [steel] Mirrours from the Moistness of the Air, and Steams.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sweetmeats Which proceeds from the Moistness of the Fruit.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 722 Cotton wool is generally used..to take the [gold] leaf up..on account of its..slight moistness.
1885 Manch. Examiner 23 Feb. 5/4 A hybrid much better adapted to..the moistness of our climate.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvi. 122 High plains where there is no moistness or mistiness in the atmosphere.
1981 D. Potter Pennies from Heaven xiv. 82 There was the hint of moistness about his averted eyes.
2. figurative and in extended use. Obsolete.
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c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 318 (MED) So druiȝeþ heuenlich wisdam Moistnesses of ffleschlich dilites þan, And also hit doþ awey þe stink Of vuel liuyng.
c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 139 (MED) Whanne she comen to hirselfe ageyne as after a moystnesse of mynde..if she myghte perceyue þat she hadde excedid neuer so litil, she shroue hir wiþ a wondirful contricyone of herte.
1551 Bible (Matthew's) Job xv. (note) Out of whiche procedeth suche false doctryne as drieth vp the moistnes of the soule in trifling out ye truth.
1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. B*.iiij. He hath the name of a christian, because he is ingraffed in Christ, as the branche in the stocke,..& so to receyue of his moystnesse and lyfe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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