Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat wet; moist; humid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Somewhat wet; moist; humid.

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  • adjective Somewhat wet; damp, moist.

Etymologies

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wet +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Alyssa Elliott @ October 18th, 2007 at 5: 19 pm anaplasma humphrey wettish gestic unnumerical oxybenzyl ministration bisect

    Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » A Note About Comments on FrontBurner 2007

  • I also must know the wind direction because this time of year, the barnyard has an extra pungent, wettish aroma that wafts over to the house with an easterly breeze.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Gumbo Lily 2009

  • I also must know the wind direction because this time of year, the barnyard has an extra pungent, wettish aroma that wafts over to the house with an easterly breeze.

    Simple Joys.... Gumbo Lily 2009

  • When you walk barefooted out there it feel kinda cool and wettish, and the air smell real nice.

    Finding Dignity J. Marie Darden 2005

  • When you walk barefooted out there it feel kinda cool and wettish, and the air smell real nice.

    Finding Dignity J. Marie Darden 2005

  • Eighty men scratched between their toes, where the itch was most maddening; flakes of wettish skin billowed before being borne away.

    Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

  • Hell, you can't even tell if somebody has said "fetish" or "wettish" on the phone, and while those terms are certainly related in some contexts, I can think of several where mixing them up would be completely misunderstood...

    Coincidence or deep, dark conspiracy? mariness 2003

  • "It is, Makepeace, and it's a whole lot harder, too, in wettish country like this."

    Prentice Alvin Card, Orson Scott 1989

  • "Too far," says I, for like Tom I didn't fancy taking hedges on wettish country with the light starting to fail.

    Royal Flash Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1970

  • _ -- It was a wettish day, and it looked as if all was dead in the town.

    The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

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