dewy

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Alone and dewy -- coldly pure and pale;

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  1. adjective Moist with or as if with dew: dewy grass in early morning.
  2. adjective Accompanied by dew: a dewy morning.
  3. adjective Suggestive of the freshness or purity of dew, as in innocence or naiveté: never gave up the dewy outlook of youth.

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  • His skin was dewy, his suit was classic navy blue Armani. —  4th ofJuly - Patterson
  • Everybody was getting dewy-eyed last week over Sheila the elephant who nearly became the household pet of keeper Denise Austin who took her home at night from Belfast Zoo during the war to protect her from the air-raids. —  California Chronicle
  • A smirking tabby named "kenny" has his head stuck all the way down to his nose in a sort of hat of ovate, dewy-green leaves. —  Cleveland Scene
  • MANILA Oh, dewy was the morning, upon the first of May, And Dewey was the admiral, down in Manila Bay; And dewy were the Regent's eyes, them royal orbs of blue, And do we feel discouraged? —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • It was on a rich, dewy, cheerful morning in early spring that the packet arrived, and Charley led Harry, who was slowly recovering his wonted health and spirits, to their favourite rocky resting-place on the margin of the lake. —  The Young Fur Traders
 

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  1. from Middle Latin *dewy, from Anglo-Saxon deáwig (= German tauig, thauig = Swedish daggig), from deáw, dew, + -ig, English -y.
 

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