moisturen.

Brit.

/ˈmɔɪstʃə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔɪstʃər/

Forms: Middle English moistere, Middle English moistour, Middle English moistoure, Middle English mostour, Middle English mostowre, Middle English moystur, Middle English moystyr, Middle English myosture (transmission error), Middle English–1500s moyster, Middle English–1500s moystour, Middle English–1600s moysture, Middle English– moisture, 1500s moister, 1500s moistur, 1500s moystoure; Scottish pre-1700 moistour, pre-1700 mostour, pre-1700 mosture, pre-1700 moystour, pre-1700 moysture, pre-1700 1700s– moisture, 1800s moister, 1800s moustir.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moisture, moisteur.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman moisture and Middle French moisteur, moiteur (c1256 in Old French as moistour ; French moiteur ) < moiste moist adj. + -eur -ure suffix¹.

1. Liquid; vapour.

†a. The liquid part or constituent of a body; (spec. in medieval philosophy) the moist property naturally inherent in all living plants and animals (also called radical moisture: see radical adj. 1a); = humidity n. 2b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion

moisturea1387

juice1398

suck1560

recrement1578

suffusion1608

fluid1705

succus1771

liquor1886

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours

phlegmc1250

moisturea1387

melancholyc1390

cholera1393

black humoura1398

choleraa1398

melancholiaa1398

coldness1398

sanguineness1530

atrabile1594

combust choler1607

primary humour1621

black bile1634

cambium1634

yellow bile1634

kapha1937

pitta1937

dosha1959

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 65 (MED) Þis naturel philosofer..trowede þe moisture [L. humorem] is bygynnynge of alle þinges.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 1259 Yif purgacyons Be necessarye..Solve flewm brennyng or moysture To kepe a mene.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. xxxi. 245 A Feuer Etyk..wastith the substancyall moisture of the body.

?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Biiij^v Y^e trees whan they be wydred..and all the moystour shronke in to y^e rote & no lust of grenenes nor of lyfe appereth outwardly.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cix^v This matter [sc. spittle] doth come of the humydite or moysters of blode.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 79 I cannot weepe, for all my breasts moisture [1623 moysture] Scarse serues to quench my furnace burning hart.

1659 H. More Let. 28 Mar. in Conway Lett. (1992) iii. 156 Every thing takes away a mans moisture, and this is a very dry starveling Spring.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 406 When the worms are large they consume the Moisture.

1772 J. W. Fletcher Appeal in Wks. (1795) I. 46 His intense application hath..almost dried up his radical moisture.

b. Water or other liquid diffused in small quantity through air as vapour, or through a solid substance, or condensed on a surface.

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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

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 220 God shal destroye the fruyt of the erthe as fro hem ne water ne shal yeue hem no moysture, ne the eyr no refresshyng.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) vii. 23 Þai hafe na moisture bot þat þe forsaid ryuer ministers.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 990 It [sc. ebony] wil..nat corrupte with water nor moysture.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 82^v A Mostowre, fluor, humor.

1532 Romaunt Rose 1424 Through moisture of the welle wete Sprange up the sote grene gras.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 57 The moisture which the thirstie earth Suckes from the sea.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke viii. 6 Some fell vpon a rocke, and assoone as it was sprung vp, it withered away, because it lacked moisture .

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 For Moisture then abounds, and Pearly Rains Descend in Silence to refresh the Plains.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 123 The Earth having had no Rain after the Seed was sown, it had no Moisture to assist its Growth.

1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 78 In that country the moisture..is given but at a certain season.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 231 Oxydated muriatic gas mixed with different other gasses..is easily changed into acid by the moisture of the flesh.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xii. 255 No moisture was wrung from his tanned countenance.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 64 Snow is not the only solid form in which atmospheric moisture is precipitated.

1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Apr. 5/2 The breeze is more balmy, with a touch of moisture in the air.

1938 R. K. Narayan Dark Room vi. 105 The glass clouded with the moisture of her breath.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds (1978) iii. ix. 206 The last drop of moisture had long since evaporated..and the grass everywhere was long and dry as paper.

1987 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 3 (advt.) Dry skin not only lacks moisture, it lacks oil too and needs more than just moisturising. It needs nourishing.

c. gen. Any liquid; drink. Now rare.

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the world > matter > liquid > [noun]

liquor?c1225

aquaa1398

moisture?1406

subtilesa1598

fluxure1603

aq.1639

fluor1654

fluid1661

liquid1708

?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 123 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/1 The outward signe of Bachus & his lure..Excitith folk to taaste of his moisture.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 356 (MED) He muste reule his body in temperaunce from glotonye of mete, and specially fro superfluyte of drynke or of moistures.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 585/1 I hysse,..as a hote thyng whan one putteth to any moysture.

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B1 The earth is my Countrey, As..the marine moisture, To the red guild fish.

a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. v. 54 Drink, and excuse it after...This moisture shall dry up all injuries, Which I'l remember only to forget.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 16 Now dam the Ditches, and the Floods restrain: Their moisture has already drench'd the Plain.

1713 J. Addison Cato iii. v When you..offer'd the full helmet up to Cato, Did he not dash th' untasted moisture from him?

1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgics (1811) i. 80 Their wives..boil away the moisture of the sweet must over the fire.

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 78 The thirsty rat..oft at morn its dwelling leaves To drink the moisture from the eaves.

1852 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 115/2 Their fibrous roots, thrust forth to drink The moisture of the waterfall.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 921/2 The kidneys..possess an attractive faculty, by virtue of which the moisture of the drink is separated and descends into the bladder.

d. Tears, regarded as moistening the eyes.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > a tear > tears

watereOE

salt waterc1400

moisture?c1425

brine1594

rheum1597

dew1598

lachrymas1602

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 253 (MED) Þe watry moisture [of the eye] was ȝette oute anone.

1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. L2^v That infected moysture of his eye.

1616 G. Chapman tr. Musaeus Divine Poem sig. E5^v Out did breake A ruddy moisture from her bashfull eyes.

1683 J. Chalkill Thealma & Clearchus 106 He..Lifts up his hand wherein the Herb he held, To wipe away the moisture that distill'd From his still smarting eye.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xlv. 69 Here he made a full pause, as if the conflict between his integrity and his friendship would not allow him to proceed, and summoned the moisture into either eye.

1791 H. Downman Poems to Thespia iv. 13 Thou weep'st; where did my tongue profanely rove?.. Imbibe the lucid moisture of thine eyes!

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 64 Nicholas Nickleby's eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have been taken for tears.

1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents vi With, as it were, a small solution of sympathy, indicated by a moisture of the eye, for the family..in their bereavement.

1981 B. Arnold Muted Swan iv. 95 A certain thin layer of moisture in his eyes betrayed the turbulence of his heart.

1990 Amer. Accent iv. 111 A line of moisture formed in her eye wells, then trickled down her pale cheeks.

†e. A noxious exhalation or humidity. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells

stenchc893

reekeOE

weffea1300

stink1382

fise14..

smeek?c1425

fist1440

fetorc1450

stew1487

moisture1542

putor1565

pouant1602

funk1606

graveolence1623

hogo1654

whiff1668

fogo1794

stythe1823

malodour1825

pen and ink1859

body scent1875

pong1900

niffa1903

hum1906

taint1927

honk1953

bowf1985

stank1996

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth iv. sig. C.iii A fyre..to drye up the contagyous moysters of the walles.

2. In various figurative and extended uses. In early use frequently in a spiritual context: inspiration, refreshment.

ΚΠ

c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 317 (MED) Prestes, techers, and Confessours..dude Moyste wel þe hertes of trewe men eueridel; Þat Moysture is gode techinges þat gostly vs to blisse bringes.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 2618 (MED) Yt [sc. the soul] lakketh moysture Off grace, wherby..Al vertues fructefye.

a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 484 (MED) Crist most bene owr very sustinance..Owr thurst also moystyr of fayth defende Yenst grace þat we not trespace.

1563 Form Medit. in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 505 Mollify..O Lord, our flinty hearts with the suppling moisture of thy Holy Spirit.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 64 Gaine was the radicall moisture of commerce.

1815 L. H. Sigourney Moral Pieces 238 'Tis thy secret hand That lifts the young mind..taking thence the noxious weeds, that seek To drink its moisture, withering every hope.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 173 A cloud of sedulous ephemera still suck a little spiritual moisture.

a1968 T. Merton tr. Meng Tzu Ox Mountain Parable ii, in Coll. Poems (1977) 971 The moisture of the dawn spirit Awakens in us the right loves, the right aversions.

1993 N. Sibum In Laban's Field 61 It's not so easy as that To show the stuff one is made of—The moisture squeezed out of you, Wounds hissing with humiliation and pus.

3. Moistness; the quality or state of being moist or damp. Now rare.

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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

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 49 Hoosnesse of þe voys comeþ of þe moisture of þe woosun of þe longen.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 773 Delue hit [sc. the garden] deepe..That hit may in hit silf his moystour kepe.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1476 Moistour and drynys be qualitees passyve.

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 162/3 The land is so hait & dry without moystour.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 The weather enclynde too sum moyster & wynde.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. f. 42^v/2 Through the humiditye or moyster therof, it may soacke through the Escara.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xviii. 379 At such time as the fountaines, springs, and rivers, did increase by the moistures of the weather.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxxii. 4 For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. ii. 22 In the Earth are ingendred the foure first qualities of Heate, Cold, Drouth, and Moisture.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 94 Seldom venturing out, except when the moisture of a summer's evening invites them abroad.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 61 Another remarkable effect is an alteration in the moisture or wetness of the earth.

1898 To-day 5 Nov. 18/1 In a climate like ours, where the moisture of the atmosphere does more hair straightening than is conducive to feminine happiness.

1912 P. S. Allen Let. 11 Apr. (1939) 101 We even found fritillaries growing..flowers which we have hitherto always associated with the moisture of Thames' river-meadows.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

moisture seal n.

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1938 Amer. Home June 33/2 Moisture-seal fruit and vegetable hydrators, and sliding shelves with compartments are advantages of the new Frigidaires.

1986 Handyman Dec. 52/2 Caulk all cracks between the trim and siding or masonry... Use an elastomeric product..to ensure that you have an all-season moisture seal.

moisture supply n.

ΚΠ

1878 A. K. Johnston Africa ii. 26 There is naturally a marked difference in the moisture supply north and south of the Atlas.

1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) ii. 24 When the moisture supply fails these cells become flaccid.

1990 J. Stewart & H. Tiessen in C. Mungall & D. McLaren Planet under Stress (1991) 202 Central Brazil is entirely covered with savannah—the Cerrado, which is semi-arid, but has a relatively even and adequate moisture supply.

moisture-bearing adj.

ΚΠ

1922 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents 290 The rainfall increases steadily towards the east and south. An irregularity is caused by the Appalachians,..within range of the moisture-bearing winds from both the Gulf and the Atlantic.

1991 Ecology 72 2072/1 The climatic regime is strongly dominated by the trade winds, which produce moisture-bearing clouds throughout the year.

moisture-charged adj.

ΚΠ

1895 F. A. Swettenham Malay Sketches 281 Plains and slopes of green on which the moisture-charged clouds unceasingly pour fatness.

1983 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 12 221 The equatorial coast is swept twice annually by the ITCZ, once on its moisture-charged northern migration and again as it moves south.

moisture-holding adj.

ΚΠ

1922 Ecology 3 66 An experiment was carried out in the summer of 1919..to determine as far as possible..the influence of humus on tree growth, aside from its effect on the moisture-holding capacity of the soil.

1959 Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. viii/5 The moisture-holding properties of old clay wastings.

1995 Canad. Gardening Oct. 44/2 Add lots of moisture-holding organic material to counter the natural run-off of the slope.

moisture-laden adj.

ΚΠ

1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 174/2 The dreams that followed..presented to my struggling fancy now a lonely landscape..over-arched by the expanse of heavy and moisture-laden clouds.

1990 J. Nance Final Approach i. 1 Hanging wisps of rain showers on rapidly descending columns of moisture-laden air.

moisture-loving adj.

ΚΠ

1827–35 N. P. Willis May 19 Dews for the moisture-loving flowers.

1949 V. G. Childe Prehist. Communities Brit. Isles (ed. 3) viii. 135 The land molluscs of this period are..no longer the moisture-loving woodland species found in the neolithic camps.

1995 Church Times 10 Mar. 16/3 Many moisture-loving plants, such as primulas, hostas and ligularia, grow well here.

C2.

moisture barrier n. (a) chiefly Building, a barrier which prevents moisture from getting into something; (b) a natural barrier occurring in the skin against harmful elements which is maintained by adding moisture (using cosmetic moisturizers, etc.).

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1940 Building Materials & Structures Rep. (U.S. National Bureau of Standards Rep. BMS 50) 6 Accelerated aging produced large increases in water absorption of some of the boards and in water permeability of most of the boards, which indicates that they should not be depended upon to function as a moisture barrier.

1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) i. iv. 69 (caption) How the insulation is positioned in a flat roof,..with the moisture barrier always on the warm side of the insulation.

1997 Hair Flair Nov.–Dec. 86 The moisturiser also rebuilds the skin's natural moisture barrier to nourish the driest, thirstiest skin.

moisture content n. the proportional amount of moisture in a substance.

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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > moisture content

moisture content1912

1912 Bull. U.S. Bureau Plant Industry No. 230. 9 It appears advisable to use a more specific term for the moisture content of the soil corresponding to the wilting point of a plant.

1936 Burlington Mag. Nov. 229/2 It was necessary to bring the panels to the agreed moisture-content before these repairs were put in hand.

1987 A. Brien Lenin 14 He wrote down..soil temperature, moisture content of atmosphere, average rainfall and then made his forecast.

moisture cream n. a cosmetic cream used to keep the skin moist; a type of face cream; cf. moisturizer n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers

oil of talc1582

slick1626

cold cream1709

cream1765

amandin1861

face cream1889

skin food1892

skin cream1894

orange-flower skin food1908

violet cream1912

day cream1915

vanishing cream1916

night cream1926

orange skin food1926

baby oil1930

hormone cream1938

moisture cream1957

moisturizer1957

mousse1971

1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 61/2 (advt.) Tussy Moisture Cream and Lotion..won't let your skin dry out.

1961 Which? Mar. 58/1 Basically, like other types of face cream, moisture creams are emulsions of oils, fats or waxes, with water.

1999 West Briton (Electronic ed.) 4 Mar. The Body Shop..took the radical step of launching Vitamin E Moisture Cream.

moisture lotion n. a cosmetic lotion used to keep the skin moist.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > lotions and liquids

waterOE

maiden milk?a1425

May-dew?a1425

milk of almondsa1425

maidens' milk?c1450

lac Virginis1477

surflingc1555

surfle1593

virgin's milk1600

lotion1606

washa1627

beauty water1675

mercury-water1676

beauty wash1706

Kalydor1824

skin tonic1863

flower-water1886

Limacol1936

moisture lotion1957

toning lotion1960

toner1970

1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 61/2 (advt.) Tussy Moisture Cream and Lotion..won't let your skin dry out.

1974 Country Life 28 Nov. 1694/3 Their own products include moisture lotion..eye shadow and lipsticks.

1993 M&S Mag. Autumn 11/1 The range includes..moisture lotion..and facial scrub.

moisture meter n. an instrument for indicating the moisture content of a substance (commonly by measuring its electrical resistivity).

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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > instrument for measuring humidity

hygrometer1670

weather-cord1747

psychrometer1838

moisture meter1935

1935 Jrnl. Agric. Sci. 25 326 It was thought that a direct-reading moisture meter would have many uses in biological research work.

1952 Sci. Amer. Sept. 61 (caption) Moisture meter..senses moisture in textile yarn by electrical conductivity and controls the speed of the drying drum by feedback.

1995 Farmers Weekly 21 July 108 (advt.) Maler mounted and hand held moisture meters for monitoring moisture content of baled hay, haylage and straw.

moisture movement n. chiefly Building (a) the movement of moisture through a material, esp. timber (rare); (b) the expansion of a material due to changes in moisture content.

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1926 J. F. Martley (title) Moisture movement through wood: the steady state.

1930 Ecology 11 241 The natural direction of soil moisture movement is downward.

1990 Masonry Internat. 3 111 (title) Geometry effect on creep and moisture movement of brickwork.

moisture stress n. Botany (a) (a quantitative measure of) the overall pressure at which moisture is held in soil; the force that must be exerted by plant tissue to extract water from the soil (now rare); (b) physiological stress experienced by a plant as a result of a lack of available moisture or a low water potential in the soil (also called water stress).

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1945 C. H. Wadleigh & A. D. Ayers in Plant Physiol. 20 114 The term ‘moisture tension’ expressed in atmospheres will be used to designate the free energy of the soil moisture involved in the pressure potential, osmotic pressure to designate that of the osmotic potential, and ‘total moisture stress’ in atmospheres (sum of osmotic pressure + moisture tension) will be used to designate the total free energy of the soil moisture as covered by the term moisture potential.

1949 P. J. Kramer Plant & Soil Water Relationships ix. 236 Quite similar reductions in growth occur in plants subjected to similar moisture stress, whether this stress is produced by growing the plants in dry soil or by growing them in salt solutions.

1974 E. J. Winter Water, Soil & Plant ix. 113 High soil moisture tension or stress (low soil water potential) caused by low soil moisture content hinders the passage of water into the plant.

1991 Forestry 64 346 Periods of drought during which the host trees have been weakened by moisture stress making them less able to withstand beetle attacks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	moisture
释义	moisturen. Brit. /ˈmɔɪstʃə/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪstʃər/ Forms: Middle English moistere, Middle English moistour, Middle English moistoure, Middle English mostour, Middle English mostowre, Middle English moystur, Middle English moystyr, Middle English myosture (transmission error), Middle English–1500s moyster, Middle English–1500s moystour, Middle English–1600s moysture, Middle English– moisture, 1500s moister, 1500s moistur, 1500s moystoure; Scottish pre-1700 moistour, pre-1700 mostour, pre-1700 mosture, pre-1700 moystour, pre-1700 moysture, pre-1700 1700s– moisture, 1800s moister, 1800s moustir. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moisture, moisteur. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman moisture and Middle French moisteur, moiteur (c1256 in Old French as moistour ; French moiteur ) < moiste moist adj. + -eur -ure suffix¹. 1. Liquid; vapour. †a. The liquid part or constituent of a body; (spec. in medieval philosophy) the moist property naturally inherent in all living plants and animals (also called radical moisture: see radical adj. 1a); = humidity n. 2b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion moisturea1387 juice1398 suck1560 recrement1578 suffusion1608 fluid1705 succus1771 liquor1886 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours phlegmc1250 moisturea1387 melancholyc1390 cholera1393 black humoura1398 choleraa1398 melancholiaa1398 coldness1398 sanguineness1530 atrabile1594 combust choler1607 primary humour1621 black bile1634 cambium1634 yellow bile1634 kapha1937 pitta1937 dosha1959 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 65 (MED) Þis naturel philosofer..trowede þe moisture [L. humorem] is bygynnynge of alle þinges. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 1259 Yif purgacyons Be necessarye..Solve flewm brennyng or moysture To kepe a mene. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. xxxi. 245 A Feuer Etyk..wastith the substancyall moisture of the body. ?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Biiij^v Y^e trees whan they be wydred..and all the moystour shronke in to y^e rote & no lust of grenenes nor of lyfe appereth outwardly. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cix^v This matter [sc. spittle] doth come of the humydite or moysters of blode. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 79 I cannot weepe, for all my breasts moisture [1623 moysture] Scarse serues to quench my furnace burning hart. 1659 H. More Let. 28 Mar. in Conway Lett. (1992) iii. 156 Every thing takes away a mans moisture, and this is a very dry starveling Spring. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 406 When the worms are large they consume the Moisture. 1772 J. W. Fletcher Appeal in Wks. (1795) I. 46 His intense application hath..almost dried up his radical moisture. b. Water or other liquid diffused in small quantity through air as vapour, or through a solid substance, or condensed on a surface. 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 c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 220 God shal destroye the fruyt of the erthe as fro hem ne water ne shal yeue hem no moysture, ne the eyr no refresshyng. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) vii. 23 Þai hafe na moisture bot þat þe forsaid ryuer ministers. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 990 It [sc. ebony] wil..nat corrupte with water nor moysture. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 82^v A Mostowre, fluor, humor. 1532 Romaunt Rose 1424 Through moisture of the welle wete Sprange up the sote grene gras. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 57 The moisture which the thirstie earth Suckes from the sea. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke viii. 6 Some fell vpon a rocke, and assoone as it was sprung vp, it withered away, because it lacked moisture . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 For Moisture then abounds, and Pearly Rains Descend in Silence to refresh the Plains. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 123 The Earth having had no Rain after the Seed was sown, it had no Moisture to assist its Growth. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 78 In that country the moisture..is given but at a certain season. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 231 Oxydated muriatic gas mixed with different other gasses..is easily changed into acid by the moisture of the flesh. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xii. 255 No moisture was wrung from his tanned countenance. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 64 Snow is not the only solid form in which atmospheric moisture is precipitated. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Apr. 5/2 The breeze is more balmy, with a touch of moisture in the air. 1938 R. K. Narayan Dark Room vi. 105 The glass clouded with the moisture of her breath. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds (1978) iii. ix. 206 The last drop of moisture had long since evaporated..and the grass everywhere was long and dry as paper. 1987 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 3 (advt.) Dry skin not only lacks moisture, it lacks oil too and needs more than just moisturising. It needs nourishing. c. gen. Any liquid; drink. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] liquor?c1225 aquaa1398 moisture?1406 subtilesa1598 fluxure1603 aq.1639 fluor1654 fluid1661 liquid1708 ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 123 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/1 The outward signe of Bachus & his lure..Excitith folk to taaste of his moisture. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 356 (MED) He muste reule his body in temperaunce from glotonye of mete, and specially fro superfluyte of drynke or of moistures. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 585/1 I hysse,..as a hote thyng whan one putteth to any moysture. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B1 The earth is my Countrey, As..the marine moisture, To the red guild fish. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iii. v. 54 Drink, and excuse it after...This moisture shall dry up all injuries, Which I'l remember only to forget. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 16 Now dam the Ditches, and the Floods restrain: Their moisture has already drench'd the Plain. 1713 J. Addison Cato iii. v When you..offer'd the full helmet up to Cato, Did he not dash th' untasted moisture from him? 1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgics (1811) i. 80 Their wives..boil away the moisture of the sweet must over the fire. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 78 The thirsty rat..oft at morn its dwelling leaves To drink the moisture from the eaves. 1852 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 115/2 Their fibrous roots, thrust forth to drink The moisture of the waterfall. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 921/2 The kidneys..possess an attractive faculty, by virtue of which the moisture of the drink is separated and descends into the bladder. d. Tears, regarded as moistening the eyes. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > a tear > tears watereOE salt waterc1400 moisture?c1425 brine1594 rheum1597 dew1598 lachrymas1602 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 253 (MED) Þe watry moisture [of the eye] was ȝette oute anone. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. L2^v That infected moysture of his eye. 1616 G. Chapman tr. Musaeus Divine Poem sig. E5^v Out did breake A ruddy moisture from her bashfull eyes. 1683 J. Chalkill Thealma & Clearchus 106 He..Lifts up his hand wherein the Herb he held, To wipe away the moisture that distill'd From his still smarting eye. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xlv. 69 Here he made a full pause, as if the conflict between his integrity and his friendship would not allow him to proceed, and summoned the moisture into either eye. 1791 H. Downman Poems to Thespia iv. 13 Thou weep'st; where did my tongue profanely rove?.. Imbibe the lucid moisture of thine eyes! 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 64 Nicholas Nickleby's eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have been taken for tears. 1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents vi With, as it were, a small solution of sympathy, indicated by a moisture of the eye, for the family..in their bereavement. 1981 B. Arnold Muted Swan iv. 95 A certain thin layer of moisture in his eyes betrayed the turbulence of his heart. 1990 Amer. Accent iv. 111 A line of moisture formed in her eye wells, then trickled down her pale cheeks. †e. A noxious exhalation or humidity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells stenchc893 reekeOE weffea1300 stink1382 fise14.. smeek?c1425 fist1440 fetorc1450 stew1487 moisture1542 putor1565 pouant1602 funk1606 graveolence1623 hogo1654 whiff1668 fogo1794 stythe1823 malodour1825 pen and ink1859 body scent1875 pong1900 niffa1903 hum1906 taint1927 honk1953 bowf1985 stank1996 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth iv. sig. C.iii A fyre..to drye up the contagyous moysters of the walles. 2. In various figurative and extended uses. In early use frequently in a spiritual context: inspiration, refreshment. ΚΠ c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 317 (MED) Prestes, techers, and Confessours..dude Moyste wel þe hertes of trewe men eueridel; Þat Moysture is gode techinges þat gostly vs to blisse bringes. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 2618 (MED) Yt [sc. the soul] lakketh moysture Off grace, wherby..Al vertues fructefye. a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 484 (MED) Crist most bene owr very sustinance..Owr thurst also moystyr of fayth defende Yenst grace þat we not trespace. 1563 Form Medit. in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 505 Mollify..O Lord, our flinty hearts with the suppling moisture of thy Holy Spirit. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 64 Gaine was the radicall moisture of commerce. 1815 L. H. Sigourney Moral Pieces 238 'Tis thy secret hand That lifts the young mind..taking thence the noxious weeds, that seek To drink its moisture, withering every hope. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 173 A cloud of sedulous ephemera still suck a little spiritual moisture. a1968 T. Merton tr. Meng Tzu Ox Mountain Parable ii, in Coll. Poems (1977) 971 The moisture of the dawn spirit Awakens in us the right loves, the right aversions. 1993 N. Sibum In Laban's Field 61 It's not so easy as that To show the stuff one is made of—The moisture squeezed out of you, Wounds hissing with humiliation and pus. 3. Moistness; the quality or state of being moist or damp. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 49 Hoosnesse of þe voys comeþ of þe moisture of þe woosun of þe longen. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 773 Delue hit [sc. the garden] deepe..That hit may in hit silf his moystour kepe. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1476 Moistour and drynys be qualitees passyve. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 162/3 The land is so hait & dry without moystour. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 The weather enclynde too sum moyster & wynde. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. f. 42^v/2 Through the humiditye or moyster therof, it may soacke through the Escara. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xviii. 379 At such time as the fountaines, springs, and rivers, did increase by the moistures of the weather. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxxii. 4 For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. View more context for this quotation 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. ii. 22 In the Earth are ingendred the foure first qualities of Heate, Cold, Drouth, and Moisture. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 94 Seldom venturing out, except when the moisture of a summer's evening invites them abroad. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 61 Another remarkable effect is an alteration in the moisture or wetness of the earth. 1898 To-day 5 Nov. 18/1 In a climate like ours, where the moisture of the atmosphere does more hair straightening than is conducive to feminine happiness. 1912 P. S. Allen Let. 11 Apr. (1939) 101 We even found fritillaries growing..flowers which we have hitherto always associated with the moisture of Thames' river-meadows. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. moisture seal n. ΚΠ 1938 Amer. Home June 33/2 Moisture-seal fruit and vegetable hydrators, and sliding shelves with compartments are advantages of the new Frigidaires. 1986 Handyman Dec. 52/2 Caulk all cracks between the trim and siding or masonry... Use an elastomeric product..to ensure that you have an all-season moisture seal. moisture supply n. ΚΠ 1878 A. K. Johnston Africa ii. 26 There is naturally a marked difference in the moisture supply north and south of the Atlas. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) ii. 24 When the moisture supply fails these cells become flaccid. 1990 J. Stewart & H. Tiessen in C. Mungall & D. McLaren Planet under Stress (1991) 202 Central Brazil is entirely covered with savannah—the Cerrado, which is semi-arid, but has a relatively even and adequate moisture supply. b. moisture-bearing adj. ΚΠ 1922 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents 290 The rainfall increases steadily towards the east and south. An irregularity is caused by the Appalachians,..within range of the moisture-bearing winds from both the Gulf and the Atlantic. 1991 Ecology 72 2072/1 The climatic regime is strongly dominated by the trade winds, which produce moisture-bearing clouds throughout the year. moisture-charged adj. ΚΠ 1895 F. A. Swettenham Malay Sketches 281 Plains and slopes of green on which the moisture-charged clouds unceasingly pour fatness. 1983 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 12 221 The equatorial coast is swept twice annually by the ITCZ, once on its moisture-charged northern migration and again as it moves south. moisture-holding adj. ΚΠ 1922 Ecology 3 66 An experiment was carried out in the summer of 1919..to determine as far as possible..the influence of humus on tree growth, aside from its effect on the moisture-holding capacity of the soil. 1959 Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. viii/5 The moisture-holding properties of old clay wastings. 1995 Canad. Gardening Oct. 44/2 Add lots of moisture-holding organic material to counter the natural run-off of the slope. moisture-laden adj. ΚΠ 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 174/2 The dreams that followed..presented to my struggling fancy now a lonely landscape..over-arched by the expanse of heavy and moisture-laden clouds. 1990 J. Nance Final Approach i. 1 Hanging wisps of rain showers on rapidly descending columns of moisture-laden air. moisture-loving adj. ΚΠ 1827–35 N. P. Willis May 19 Dews for the moisture-loving flowers. 1949 V. G. Childe Prehist. Communities Brit. Isles (ed. 3) viii. 135 The land molluscs of this period are..no longer the moisture-loving woodland species found in the neolithic camps. 1995 Church Times 10 Mar. 16/3 Many moisture-loving plants, such as primulas, hostas and ligularia, grow well here. C2. moisture barrier n. (a) chiefly Building, a barrier which prevents moisture from getting into something; (b) a natural barrier occurring in the skin against harmful elements which is maintained by adding moisture (using cosmetic moisturizers, etc.). ΚΠ 1940 Building Materials & Structures Rep. (U.S. National Bureau of Standards Rep. BMS 50) 6 Accelerated aging produced large increases in water absorption of some of the boards and in water permeability of most of the boards, which indicates that they should not be depended upon to function as a moisture barrier. 1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) i. iv. 69 (caption) How the insulation is positioned in a flat roof,..with the moisture barrier always on the warm side of the insulation. 1997 Hair Flair Nov.–Dec. 86 The moisturiser also rebuilds the skin's natural moisture barrier to nourish the driest, thirstiest skin. moisture content n. the proportional amount of moisture in a substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > moisture content moisture content1912 1912 Bull. U.S. Bureau Plant Industry No. 230. 9 It appears advisable to use a more specific term for the moisture content of the soil corresponding to the wilting point of a plant. 1936 Burlington Mag. Nov. 229/2 It was necessary to bring the panels to the agreed moisture-content before these repairs were put in hand. 1987 A. Brien Lenin 14 He wrote down..soil temperature, moisture content of atmosphere, average rainfall and then made his forecast. moisture cream n. a cosmetic cream used to keep the skin moist; a type of face cream; cf. moisturizer n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers oil of talc1582 slick1626 cold cream1709 cream1765 amandin1861 face cream1889 skin food1892 skin cream1894 orange-flower skin food1908 violet cream1912 day cream1915 vanishing cream1916 night cream1926 orange skin food1926 baby oil1930 hormone cream1938 moisture cream1957 moisturizer1957 mousse1971 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 61/2 (advt.) Tussy Moisture Cream and Lotion..won't let your skin dry out. 1961 Which? Mar. 58/1 Basically, like other types of face cream, moisture creams are emulsions of oils, fats or waxes, with water. 1999 West Briton (Electronic ed.) 4 Mar. The Body Shop..took the radical step of launching Vitamin E Moisture Cream. moisture lotion n. a cosmetic lotion used to keep the skin moist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > lotions and liquids waterOE maiden milk?a1425 May-dew?a1425 milk of almondsa1425 maidens' milk?c1450 lac Virginis1477 surflingc1555 surfle1593 virgin's milk1600 lotion1606 washa1627 beauty water1675 mercury-water1676 beauty wash1706 Kalydor1824 skin tonic1863 flower-water1886 Limacol1936 moisture lotion1957 toning lotion1960 toner1970 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 61/2 (advt.) Tussy Moisture Cream and Lotion..won't let your skin dry out. 1974 Country Life 28 Nov. 1694/3 Their own products include moisture lotion..eye shadow and lipsticks. 1993 M&S Mag. Autumn 11/1 The range includes..moisture lotion..and facial scrub. moisture meter n. an instrument for indicating the moisture content of a substance (commonly by measuring its electrical resistivity). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > instrument for measuring humidity hygrometer1670 weather-cord1747 psychrometer1838 moisture meter1935 1935 Jrnl. Agric. Sci. 25 326 It was thought that a direct-reading moisture meter would have many uses in biological research work. 1952 Sci. Amer. Sept. 61 (caption) Moisture meter..senses moisture in textile yarn by electrical conductivity and controls the speed of the drying drum by feedback. 1995 Farmers Weekly 21 July 108 (advt.) Maler mounted and hand held moisture meters for monitoring moisture content of baled hay, haylage and straw. moisture movement n. chiefly Building (a) the movement of moisture through a material, esp. timber (rare); (b) the expansion of a material due to changes in moisture content. ΚΠ 1926 J. F. Martley (title) Moisture movement through wood: the steady state. 1930 Ecology 11 241 The natural direction of soil moisture movement is downward. 1990 Masonry Internat. 3 111 (title) Geometry effect on creep and moisture movement of brickwork. moisture stress n. Botany (a) (a quantitative measure of) the overall pressure at which moisture is held in soil; the force that must be exerted by plant tissue to extract water from the soil (now rare); (b) physiological stress experienced by a plant as a result of a lack of available moisture or a low water potential in the soil (also called water stress). ΚΠ 1945 C. H. Wadleigh & A. D. Ayers in Plant Physiol. 20 114 The term ‘moisture tension’ expressed in atmospheres will be used to designate the free energy of the soil moisture involved in the pressure potential, osmotic pressure to designate that of the osmotic potential, and ‘total moisture stress’ in atmospheres (sum of osmotic pressure + moisture tension) will be used to designate the total free energy of the soil moisture as covered by the term moisture potential. 1949 P. J. Kramer Plant & Soil Water Relationships ix. 236 Quite similar reductions in growth occur in plants subjected to similar moisture stress, whether this stress is produced by growing the plants in dry soil or by growing them in salt solutions. 1974 E. J. Winter Water, Soil & Plant ix. 113 High soil moisture tension or stress (low soil water potential) caused by low soil moisture content hinders the passage of water into the plant. 1991 Forestry 64 346 Periods of drought during which the host trees have been weakened by moisture stress making them less able to withstand beetle attacks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † moisturev. Forms: Middle English moistrith (3rd singular present indicative), late Middle English (in a late copy) 1500s–1600s moysture, 1500s moisture, 1500s moster, 1500s moystryng (present participle), 1500s moystrynge (present participle), 1500s–1600s moister. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moisture n. Etymology: < moisture n. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To moisten (a thing); to water, make wet or damp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] weta950 bathec1000 drenchc1230 blotenc1325 danka1350 anointa1375 moista1382 beshed1382 moil?a1425 madefy?1440 arrouse1480 moisturea1500 humect1531 intinct1547 moisten1559 rinse1579 inebriate1610 irrigate1615 slocken1627 irriguate1632 humectate1640 madidate1656 slake1810 a1500 (?1471) G. Ripley Epist. Edward IV (Ashm.) f. 104 (MED) We haue an heuyn incoruptible of the quintessence, Ornate with signes, elementes, planettes, and sterres bright, Which moistrith our erthe by sotill influence. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. G.v Moystryng [1552 moystrynge] all that parte, as it were with a dewe. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. Hope of Faythful xxxi. 212 They water & moysture [1574 moisture] all thynges, and make them frutefull. 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iii. iii. 18 Will you haue any of this Syrope, to moysture your mouth? 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xxxi. 60 It proceedeth only from flegme, cold and grosse, which moysturing the braine too much, causeth heauinesse. 1652 Ripley's Compend of Alchemy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 141 Therwith dyd Hermes moysture hys Tre. 2. intransitive. to moisture away: to decay from damp. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > by damp to take wet1513 to moisture away1519 reta1642 to fog off1802 sodden1821 1519 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 268 Item the amendynge of the dalmatykes for ye Advent & Septuagesym myghte be done w^t a litile cost, whiche nowe mosters away & not occupied. Item the lettron wherupon the gospell is red is moistered away & faullyn downe. 3. intransitive. To shed moisture. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit liquid [verb (intransitive)] runa1170 moisture1610 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 12 Heau'n stole it selfe from earth by clouds that moisterd vnder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1387v.a1500
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