Moist

Morpheme

Moist

Type

free base

Denotation

slightly wet, damp

Etymology

Middle English moist, moiste; Middle French moiste; Anglo-Norman moist, moiste, moste; Old French moiste, muste; of unknown origin

Evidence

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