Adjective: humid
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | humider |
| Superlative | humidest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more humid |
| Superlative | most humid |
Sample Sentences
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humid earth
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Evening cloud, or humid bow. [1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me. [1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 132–133:]
Adjectives inflected like humid
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin ūmeō
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
4. Proto-Italic *-iðos
5. Latin -idus
6. Latin ūmidus
7. Latin hūmidusder.
8. Old French humideder.
9. English humid
10. Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky. See: Latin Adjectives '
humidus', English Adjectives '
weaky'.
Verbs referencing "humid"
Finnish Adjectives
humidi.