dankish

English

Etymology

dank +‎ -ish

Adjective

dankish (comparative more dankish, superlative most dankish)

1. Somewhat dank.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.