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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin humiditās.
Pronunciation
Noun
humidat f (usually uncountable)
- dampness, moisture
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r:Et los fiſicos daquella tierra queman este algodon ⁊ fazen lo poluos ⁊ meten los en los oios por q̃ tuelle la lagrema ⁊ toda la humidat que a en ellos.- And physicians from that land burn this cotton and turn it into a dust they use on the eyes, because it removes tears and all the moisture from them.
- Idem, 22v.
Et ſu color es aſſi como yema de ueuo. ⁊ quando la quebrantã fallan dentro un cuerpo en manera de humidat que ſe pega alas manos.- And its color is like that of an egg yolk, and when they break it they find inside a certain body, like a dampness that sticks to the hands.
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