Wetness

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being wet. uncountable, usually

    "The young man looked long and fixedly on the place, the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten, in the eagerness of youthful curiosity, the wetness of his dress."

  2. 2
    the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) wordnet
  3. 3
    Moisture. uncountable, usually

    "“Oh! if I had my gravity,” thought she, contemplating the water, “I would flash off this balcony like a long white sea-bird, headlong into the darling wetness. Heigh-ho!”"

  4. 4
    Rainy or damp weather. uncountable, usually

    "1797, Tobias Smollett et al., The History of England, from the Revolution to the End of the American War and the Peace of Versailles in 1783, Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, Volume 4, Book 5, p. 484, They complained, that the wetness of the season, and the scarcity of fodder in the year 1762, with other natural causes, had reduced the quantity of fat cattle, by discouraging the farmers from rearing them."

Synonyms

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dampdampnesshumormoistureperspirationrainfall

Example

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"Wetness will not be intimidated by rain."

Etymology

From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.

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