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Humid \Hu"mid\ (h[=u]"m[i^]d), a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. "ygro`s, 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. [1913 Webster]

Evening cloud, or humid bow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "humid": 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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

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

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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