What does "humid" mean?

Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

Humid

Common synonyms include: atmospheric moisture, became moist, become moist, becomes moist, becoming moist, blowziest.

/ˈhjuːmɪd/ adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Adjective

1
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
"humid earth"

Adjective

"It gets hot and humid in summer."

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.