humid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmɪd/

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• Rhymes: -uːmɪd

Adjective

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 book number)”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:

     Evening cloud, or humid bow.

   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volume II, London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →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.

Derived terms

• humid heat
• humidly
• humidor
• perhumid

Related terms

• humidity

Translations

Further reading

• “humid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “humid”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “humid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.