ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Moist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /mɔɪst/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Moist is an adjective meaning Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Meaning

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
(informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
Fluid, liquid, watery.
(sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.

[W]e ſee Swines and Pigs Fleſh is the Moiſteſt of Fleſhes.

[T]he Winds Blow moiſt and keen, ſhattering the graceful locks Of theſe fair ſpreading Trees; […]

Will theſe moyſt Trees, That haue out-liu'd the Eagle, page thy heeles And skip when thou point'ſt out?

[Y]et the North-ſide [of the pyramids of Giza] moſt worne, by reaſon of the humiditie of the Northerne wind, which here is the moiſteſt.

Depending on context, synonyms include bewatered, damp, drenched, dripping, drunk, humid.

Common opposites include anhydrous, bone dry, dry, exsuccous, sare, sear.

Related dictionary entries include damp, wet, dampish, moisture, humid, dewy.

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