单词 | moistness |
释义 | moistnessn. 1. The quality or state of being moist; an instance of this. In early use also concrete: †moisture (obsolete). ΘΚΠ 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 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.c1390 |
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