humid

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, correctly umidus (“moist”), from humere, correctly umere (“to be moist”), akin to ūvēns (“moist”), ūvidus, ūdus (“moist”); all from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-, *wogʷ- (“wet”). Cognate with Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”), Scots wak (“moist, damp, wetness, moisture”), English weaky (“moist, wet”). More at weaky.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmɪd/

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humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)

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

   humid earth

   1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

   Evening cloud, or humid bow.

• damp, moist

• humidity

• humid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humid at OneLook Dictionary Search