† wakadj.n.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s wack, 1500s vak.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse *wakw-.

Etymology: < Old Norse *wakw- (Iceland vǫk-r) moist, damp = (Middle) Dutch wak < Old Germanic *wakwo-, cognate with Greek ὑγρός, Latin ūvidus ( < *ugvidus) moist.

Scottish. Obsolete.

A. adj.

Moist, damp.

ΘΚΠ

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

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moistfula1398

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weakya1642

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dampya1691

damp1706

mochy1794

danky1820

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 2 Quhen Aurora the wak nycht did arest, And chais fra hevin with hir dym skyis donk.

1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 388 First, to the Mone,..Quene of the see,..Off nature wak and cauld, and no thyng clere.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xxii. 224 Þai ar nurist with wak humouris and Caldnes.

1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 1 Ȝe vapurs wak, and watters in the air!

c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 215 And till eschew nocturnall vapor vak.

1609 J. Skene tr. Chalmerlane Air in Regiam Majestatem xxv. 153 b They make the claith wak and donke.

1617 Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) 106 Madeo, to be wack or donk. Permadeo, to be very wacke.

1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. Gloss. Wak, moist, wet.

B. n.

Moisture.

ΘΚΠ

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

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fogginess1674

damp1706

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 70 Quhen jt [sc. the moon] is full, all thingis..yat ar gouernyt be wak or moystnes ar mare forssy and vigorous, na quhen jt is wane.

Derivatives

ˈwakness n. moisture.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Luke viii. 6 And vthir fell on a staan; and it sprang vp and dryit, for it had nocht moistour (or wacknes).

1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 460 Than past we vp quhare Jupiter the kyng Satt in his speir,..Complexionate with waknes and with heit.

1563 Ressoning Crosraguell & Knox (1812) Prol. sig. ❧ ij^v The earth bringeth forth the tree, it groweth by moistour, and natural wacknes.

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Mador, humor, waknesse.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Waknes, humidity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wak
释义	† wakadj.n. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s wack, 1500s vak. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse wakw-. Etymology: < Old Norse wakw- (Iceland vǫk-r) moist, damp = (Middle) Dutch wak < Old Germanic wakwo-, cognate with Greek ὑγρός, Latin ūvidus* ( < ugvidus) moist. Scottish. Obsolete. A. adj. Moist, damp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] moista1382 moistfula1398 undriedc1440 wak1513 mocha1522 humorous1526 humidc1550 dabby1581 fat1598 unparched1599 moistish1610 dampisha1642 weakya1642 rafty1655 dampya1691 damp1706 mochy1794 danky1820 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid* iii. ix. 2 Quhen Aurora the wak nycht did arest, And chais fra hevin with hir dym skyis donk. 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 388 First, to the Mone,..Quene of the see,..Off nature wak and cauld, and no thyng clere. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xxii. 224 Þai ar nurist with wak humouris and Caldnes. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 1 Ȝe vapurs wak, and watters in the air! c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 215 And till eschew nocturnall vapor vak. 1609 J. Skene tr. Chalmerlane Air in Regiam Majestatem xxv. 153 b They make the claith wak and donke. 1617 Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) 106 Madeo, to be wack or donk. Permadeo, to be very wacke. 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. Gloss. Wak, moist, wet. B. n. Moisture. 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 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 70 Quhen jt [sc. the moon] is full, all thingis..yat ar gouernyt be wak or moystnes ar mare forssy and vigorous, na quhen jt is wane. Derivatives ˈwakness n. moisture. 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 c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Luke viii. 6 And vthir fell on a staan; and it sprang vp and dryit, for it had nocht moistour (or wacknes). 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 460 Than past we vp quhare Jupiter the kyng Satt in his speir,..Complexionate with waknes and with heit. 1563 Ressoning Crosraguell & Knox (1812) Prol. sig. ❧ ij^v The earth bringeth forth the tree, it groweth by moistour, and natural wacknes. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Mador, humor, waknesse. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Waknes, humidity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1485
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