moiste

From Old French moiste, of unknown origin.

• moist, moyste, moyst, moste, moost

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔi̯st(ə)/

moiste (plural and weak singular moiste, comparative moister, superlative moistest)

1. damp, wet, soaked
2. moist, dampened
3. (of liquids) watery, diluted
4. (rare) immature, fresh

This term is used as a technical term in alchemy and medicine.

• moisten
• moistinge
• moistnesse
• moisture

• English: moist

• “moist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

moiste (uncountable)

1. moistness, dampness

• “moist(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

moiste

1. Alternative form of moisten

From a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) and forms of *mustum; cf. *mustidus.

moiste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiste)

1. damp; wet; clammy; moist

• → Middle English: moiste
  • English: moist
• French: moite

• Etymology and history of “moite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.