Visitors can expect hot and humid conditions...
The day is overcast and humid.
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Humid — Hu mid (h[=u] m[i^]d), a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. ygro s, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. v[ o]kr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.] Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Humīd — (lat.), feucht; Humidation, Anfeuchtung … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Humid — Humīd (lat.), feucht, naß; Humidität, Feuchtigkeit … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Humid — Humid, lat. deutsch, feucht; H.ität, Feuchtigkeit … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
humid — humid:⇨feucht(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
humid — early 15c., from O.Fr. humide or directly from L. humidus moist, wet, variant (probably by influence of humus earth ) of umidus, from umere be moist, from PIE *wegw wet … Etymology dictionary
humid — moist, damp, *wet, dank Contrasted words: *dry, arid … New Dictionary of Synonyms
humid — [adj] very damp, referring to weather boiling, clammy, close, dank, irriguous, moist, mucky, muggy, oppressive, sodden, soggy, steamy, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sultry, sweaty, sweltering, watery, wet; concepts 525,603 Ant. arid, dry … New thesaurus
humid — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ marked by a high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. DERIVATIVES humidly adverb humidity noun. ORIGIN Latin humidus, from humere be moist … English terms dictionary
humid — [hyo͞o′mid, yo͞o′mid] adj. [Fr humide < L humidus < humere, altered (after humus) < umere, to be moist: see HUMOR] full of water vapor; damp; moist SYN. WET … English World dictionary
humid — hu|mid [ˈhju:mıd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: humidus, from humere to be slightly wet ] if the weather is humid, you feel uncomfortable because the air is very wet and usually hot ▪ Tokyo is extremely humid in mid summer. humid… … Dictionary of contemporary English
