dampness
English
noun
Definitions
- Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness.
- The degree to which something is damp or moist.
Etymology
Suffix from English damp (moderately wet).
Origin
English
damp
Gloss
moderately wet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterdamp English
- bedamp English
- blackdamp English
- chokedamp English
- damp English
- dampable English
- dampen English
- damper English
- dampish English
- damply English
- dampproof English
- dampsome English
- dampth English
- dampy English
- firedamp English
- overdamp English
- stinkdamp English
- underdamp English
- whitedamp English
- damp Middle English