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From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (moisture, dampness, wetness). Compare French moiteur.

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moisture (usually uncountable, plural moistures)

  1. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
    drops / beads of moisture
  2. The state of being moist.
    Synonyms: dampness, humidity, moistness, wetness
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, 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, page 84:
      [] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:
    • 1643, John Denham, Coopers Hill[2], page 7:
      Such was the discord, which did first disperse
      Forme, order, beauty through the universe;
      While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists,
      All that we have, and that we are subsists:
    • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia[3], London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 7, I.1, p. 39:
      [The organs of touch are excited] by the unceasing variations of the heat, moisture, and pressure of the atmosphere;
  3. (medicine) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French moistour; equivalent to moiste +‎ -ure.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔi̯stiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈmɔi̯stur(ə)/, /ˈmɔi̯stər(ə)/

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moisture

  1. moistness, wetness
  2. moisture, humidity
  3. fluid, secretion
  4. (figurative) Something invigorating.

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  • English: moisture

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