moistness
noun
moistness is a noun meaning “The property of being moist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-I-S-T-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of moistness is moistnesses.
What does moistness mean?
noun
- 1
The property of being moist.
- 2
obsoleteThat which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of moistness
- moistnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is moistness?
Moistness appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Moistness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense moistness – see also moisture:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does moistness come from?
From Middle English moistnesse, moistnes, equivalent to moist + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).