moistyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔɪsti/, U.S.

/ˈmɔɪsti/

Forms: Middle English moisti, Middle English mosty, Middle English moysti, Middle English–1600s moysty, Middle English– moisty, 1500s moistye, 1500s moystie, 1500s moystye, 1500s–1600s moistie; also Scottish 1900s– mousty.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moist adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < moist adj. or moist n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Moist, damp, wet. Now rare.Earliest attested in a field name, apparently with the sense ‘damp meadow’ (compare lea n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective]

wetc900

moisty1386

nesha1387

dank?a1400

watery?a1439

sappy?a1500

dankish1540

spongy1600

sluiced1607

madid1615

humidious1630

uvid1656

madent1727

muggy1731

sockya1825

suckeny1878

1386 in K. Cameron Place-names Derbyshire (1959) II. 246 Mostylegh.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 230 Þe lenger tyme þey [sc. stalks of flax] beþ in suche moysty place, þe more hard þey beþ.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 164 (MED) Yf thow sette a plaunte..Putte in a lytel moysty molde.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 219 The bloode Is hotte and moysti.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 27 ^v The Lyuerworte that groweth in moystye marishes or standinge waters.

1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius iii. sig. L3^v Nor yet the cruell murth'ring blade Warme in the moistie bowells made Of people pell mell dieng.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D4 Amongst the ayre-bred moystie vapors throwne.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 404 The moysty and choaking heat.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 76 Upright poddock stools..grow in humid, moisty places.

1889 F. R. Stockton Ardis Claverden (1890) 372 Tossed out upon the moisty air.

1966–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 631/2 You want to get a good, moisty place [to plant tobacco].

1967 A. Carter Magic Toyshop iii. 69 He couldn't get the feel of her eyelids off his hands. Like water-lily petals, he kept on saying. White and moisty. But dead.

b. Of a season, day, etc.: having wet or damp weather; having a wet climate. Now chiefly in collocation with misty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time)

wetc893

moista1398

waterya1398

moistya1500

waterish1545

washy1566

rotten1567

slabby1653

weety1658

late1673

fresh1790

slottery1790

soft1812

givey1829

juicy1837

sploshy1838

sposhy1842

slip-sloppya1845

splishy-splashyc1850

shabby1853

soppy1872

sappy1885

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 243 (MED) The tyme of weere is hote and moisti, like as the eyre is.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 37 A litle winde in a moystie day, stoppeth a shafte more than a good whiskynge wynde in a clere daye.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg4 The moystie night..Her deawy humour gan on th'earth to shed.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. 124 The bright-beam'd Tytan came..And with his flaming rayes did bring More warmth vnto the moisty spring.

1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 301 A misty, moisty morning.

1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother ii It is not doing the place justice to study it on a misty, moisty morning.

1894 P. Collier in Forum (U.S.) Aug. 731 A misty, moisty island [sc. England].

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 at Mousty A mousty mornin'.

1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 631/2 [When the air is very still, moist, and warm—it's] moisty.

1988 Church Times 22 July 3/4 On another misty, moisty day we discovered the eighteenth-century model village of Blanchland.

†2. Of beer: new, fresh; = moist adj. 1d. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > new

moistc1390

moistyc1390

c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 60 For were it wyn or old or moisty ale That he hath dronke, he speketh in his nose.

c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 315 Or elles a draught of corny, moysty [v.r. mosty, moyste] ale.

†3. Given to drinking. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking

drunkensomea1300

drunkelew1362

drunksomec1475

drunken1548

boozing1569

boozy1592

bousy1592

moisty1593

unsober1611

upsy-friesy1617

moist1619

sottish1632

swilling1633

bibacious1663

intemperate1680

swill-bellied1680

swill-down1693

wet1699

potative1737

compotatory1817

alcoholic1845

drinking1856

bibulous1861

on the drink1865

1593 ‘P. Foulface’ Bacchus Bountie sig. C2 Which beeing once tasted, dooth maruellously encrease a moystie appetite.

Derivatives

ˈmoistily adv. in a moisty manner; (in quot. 1927) tearfully.

ΚΠ

1927 H. V. Morton In Search of Eng. x. § 2 Three of those prim, sallow, enthusiastic, middle-aged lovers of England..were..regarding moistily the bare rooms in which Brewster and the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ were imprisoned.

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

单词	moisty
释义	moistyadj. Brit. /ˈmɔɪsti/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪsti/ Forms: Middle English moisti, Middle English mosty, Middle English moysti, Middle English–1600s moysty, Middle English– moisty, 1500s moistye, 1500s moystie, 1500s moystye, 1500s–1600s moistie; also Scottish 1900s– mousty. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moist adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < moist adj. or moist n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Moist, damp, wet. Now rare.Earliest attested in a field name, apparently with the sense ‘damp meadow’ (compare lea n.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] wetc900 moisty1386 nesha1387 dank?a1400 watery?a1439 sappy?a1500 dankish1540 spongy1600 sluiced1607 madid1615 humidious1630 uvid1656 madent1727 muggy1731 sockya1825 suckeny1878 1386 in K. Cameron Place-names Derbyshire (1959) II. 246 Mostylegh. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 230 Þe lenger tyme þey [sc. stalks of flax] beþ in suche moysty place, þe more hard þey beþ. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 164 (MED) Yf thow sette a plaunte..Putte in a lytel moysty molde. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 219 The bloode Is hotte and moysti. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 27 ^v The Lyuerworte that groweth in moystye marishes or standinge waters. 1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius iii. sig. L3^v Nor yet the cruell murth'ring blade Warme in the moistie bowells made Of people pell mell dieng. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. D4 Amongst the ayre-bred moystie vapors throwne. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 404 The moysty and choaking heat. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 76 Upright poddock stools..grow in humid, moisty places. 1889 F. R. Stockton Ardis Claverden (1890) 372 Tossed out upon the moisty air. 1966–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 631/2 You want to get a good, moisty place [to plant tobacco]. 1967 A. Carter Magic Toyshop iii. 69 He couldn't get the feel of her eyelids off his hands. Like water-lily petals, he kept on saying. White and moisty. But dead. b. Of a season, day, etc.: having wet or damp weather; having a wet climate. Now chiefly in collocation with misty. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) wetc893 moista1398 waterya1398 moistya1500 waterish1545 washy1566 rotten1567 slabby1653 weety1658 late1673 fresh1790 slottery1790 soft1812 givey1829 juicy1837 sploshy1838 sposhy1842 slip-sloppya1845 splishy-splashyc1850 shabby1853 soppy1872 sappy1885 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 243 (MED) The tyme of weere is hote and moisti, like as the eyre is. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 37 A litle winde in a moystie day, stoppeth a shafte more than a good whiskynge wynde in a clere daye. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg4 The moystie night..Her deawy humour gan on th'earth to shed. View more context for this quotation 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. 124 The bright-beam'd Tytan came..And with his flaming rayes did bring More warmth vnto the moisty spring. 1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 301 A misty, moisty morning. 1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother ii It is not doing the place justice to study it on a misty, moisty morning. 1894 P. Collier in Forum (U.S.) Aug. 731 A misty, moisty island [sc. England]. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 at Mousty A mousty mornin'. 1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 631/2 [When the air is very still, moist, and warm—it's] moisty. 1988 Church Times 22 July 3/4 On another misty, moisty day we discovered the eighteenth-century model village of Blanchland. †2. Of beer: new, fresh; = moist adj. 1d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > new moistc1390 moistyc1390 c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 60 For were it wyn or old or moisty ale That he hath dronke, he speketh in his nose. c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 315 Or elles a draught of corny, moysty [v.r. mosty, moyste] ale. †3. Given to drinking. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking drunkensomea1300 drunkelew1362 drunksomec1475 drunken1548 boozing1569 boozy1592 bousy1592 moisty1593 unsober1611 upsy-friesy1617 moist1619 sottish1632 swilling1633 bibacious1663 intemperate1680 swill-bellied1680 swill-down1693 wet1699 potative1737 compotatory1817 alcoholic1845 drinking1856 bibulous1861 on the drink1865 1593 ‘P. Foulface’ Bacchus Bountie sig. C2 Which beeing once tasted, dooth maruellously encrease a moystie appetite. Derivatives ˈmoistily adv. in a moisty manner; (in quot. 1927) tearfully. ΚΠ 1927 H. V. Morton In Search of Eng. x. § 2 Three of those prim, sallow, enthusiastic, middle-aged lovers of England..were..regarding moistily the bare rooms in which Brewster and the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ were imprisoned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1386
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