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单词 dampish
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dampishadj.

Brit. /ˈdampɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdæmpɪʃ/
Etymology: originally < damp n.1 + -ish suffix1 (compare boyish ): subsequently treated as if < damp adj.
1. Of the nature of, or infested with, exhalations or (noxious) vapours; vaporous, foggy, misty. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of poisonous gas or noxious exhalation
dampish1577
dampy1600
damp1637
irrespirable1822
the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour
dampish1577
dampy1600
mephitic1623
damp1637
mephitical1704
mephitized1794
miasmic1822
miasmal1832
miasmatic1835
miasmatical1855
miasmatous1861
miasmous1884
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 8v All waters commonly with dampishe vapours in Sommer..doo infect both man and beast with pestilence.
1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 165 The darke And dampish aire.
1596 E. Spenser F.Q. iv. viii. 34 The drowzie humour of the dampish night.
?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems His Caues and dampish Bowres.
2. figurative.
a. Of stifling or extinguishing nature (cf. damp v. 1).
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1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. Q4 Lampes..which with dampish idlenesse are soone put out.
b. ? Stifled, choked. Obsolete.
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1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 33 With a whey-countenance, short stops, and earthen dampish voice, the true counterfeits of a dying cullion.
3. Somewhat damp or moist.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > humid
humidc1550
humoral1602
dampisha1642
vapid1660
damp1706
moothy1878
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective]
moista1382
moistfula1398
undriedc1440
wak1513
mocha1522
humorous1526
humidc1550
dabby1581
fat1598
unparched1599
moistish1610
dampisha1642
weakya1642
rafty1655
dampya1691
damp1706
mochy1794
danky1820
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 192v Set them vp in some moyst & dampishe place.]
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 26 Stone floores are allwayes moist and dampish.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dampish, something damp or moist or wet.
1803 Trans. Soc. Arts 21 302 Wood placed in dampish situations.
1963 Times 23 May 4/4 A dampish pitch and slow outfield at the start.

Derivatives

ˈdampishly adv.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adverb]
moistly1590
dampishly1615
foggily1755
dewily1818
muggily1867
a-sweat1879
humidly1886
damply1887
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. iii. 109 Let them be dampishly moistened with Damask Rose-water.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 2/2 The leading lady solemnly wipes the inside of her glass..and breathes into it—breathes, I fancy, rather dampishly.
ˈdampishness n.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun]
moistnessc1390
moisturea1398
humidityc1450
waterishness1532
moist1562
dankishness1576
moistishness1576
dankness1601
dampishness1607
madidity1656
dampness1665
humidness1727
madidness1731
dampiness1830
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 24 It shall defend him from the colde dampishnes of the earth.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §937 To put a Lay of Chalke between the Bricks, to take away all Dampishnesse.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dampishness, moistness, wetness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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