CIDE DICTIONARY
humid, a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. "ygro`s, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. vökr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.].
Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist;
as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery;
as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. [
1913 Webster]
"Evening cloud, or humid bow."
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THESAURUS
humid
boggy, clammy, close, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, fenny, marshy, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, rainy, roric, roriferous, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, swampy, sweltering, tacky, undried, wet, wettish
ROGET THESAURUS
humid
Moisture
N
moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried,
humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.