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Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- c. 1600, author unknown, once attributed to William Shakespeare, The Merry Devil of Edmonton, London: J.M. Dent, 1897, Act I, Scene 3 https://archive.org/details/merrydevilofedmo00fabe We'll first hang Enfield in such rings of mist / As never rose from any dampish fen: / I'll make the brinèd sea to rise at Ware, / And drown the marshes unto Stratford Bridge;
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Antonyms: none provided
Moderately damp or moist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
slightly wet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- clothes damp with perspiration
- a moist breeze
- eyes moist with tears
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: damp, moist
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English damp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English dampish From damp + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
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Armenian:
խոնավավուն
(xonavavun)
— moderately damp or moist
