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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (moist). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (wet) related to English weaky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhjuːmɪd/
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  • Rhymes: -uːmɪd

Adjective

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humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)

  1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
    Synonyms: damp, moist; see also Thesaurus:wet
    humid earth
    • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Evening cloud, or humid bow.
    • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [], volume II, London: [] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 132–133:
      Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.

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