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Dampness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Dampness has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a slight wetness

2

Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness.

See Also
moisture moist damp thone humidity underdamp bedamp dampsome
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wetness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dankness rawness

Origin

This word is formed by adding the suffix "-ness" to "damp." It originally meant the state or quality of being damp.

Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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