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Humid definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HU'MID, a. [L.humidus, from humeo, to be moist.]
1. Moist; damp; containing sensible moisture; as a humid air or atmosphere.
2. Somewhat wet or watery; as humid earth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French humide, from Latin humidus, from hum?re Date: 15th century containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive Synonyms: see wet • humidly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of the air or climate) warm and damp. Derivatives: humidly adv. Etymology: F humide or L humidus f. umere be moist

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Humid Hu"mid, a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. ?, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. v["o]kr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.] Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. Evening cloud, or humid bow. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use humid to describe an atmosphere or climate that is very damp, and usually very hot. Visitors can expect hot and humid conditions... = sticky, heavy ? dry ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Wet, moist, damp, dank.

Moby Thesaurus

boggy, clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, fenny, marshy, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, rainy, roric, roriferous, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, swampy, sweltering, tacky, undried, wet, wettish