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moist
adjective
[ mɔɪst ]
• slightly wet.
• "the moist, fertile soil"
• marked by a fluid discharge.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French moiste, based on Latin mucidus ‘mouldy’ (influenced by musteus ‘fresh’, from mustum : see must2).