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damp
English
Etymology
From Middle English damp (noun) and dampen (“to stifle; suffocate”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and German Dampf (“vapor, steam, fog”), Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Middle English dampen (“to extinguish, choke, suffocate”). Ultimately all descend from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?mp, IPA(key): /dæmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Adjective
damp (comparative damper, superlative dampest)
- In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
- 25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change
- Once the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms.
- 1697, John Dryden translating Virgil, Aeneid Book VI
- She said no more. The trembling Trojans hear,
- O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
- The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
- The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
- 25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change
- (figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
- 27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day
- Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 522-3:
- All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp.
- 27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day
- Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.
Usage notes
Damp commonly is used for disagreeable conditions and moist often is used for agreeable conditions:
Synonyms
- (in a state between dry and wet): moist, thoan/thone (dialect); see also Thesaurus:wet
- (despondent): glum, melancholy, sorrowful; see also Thesaurus:sad
Derived terms
- dampen
- dampness
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Word formation verb -en noun -ness
Noun
damp (countable and uncountable, plural damps)
- Moisture; humidity; dampness.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,[1]
- Ere twice in murk and occidental damp
- Moist Hesperus hath quench’d his sleepy lamp,
- 1764, Elizabeth Griffith, Amana, London: W. Johnston, Act V, p. 49,[2]
- What means this chilling damp that clings around me!
- Why do I tremble thus!
- 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, Chapter 10,[3]
- Unceasing, soaking rain was falling; the very lamps seemed obscured by the damp upon the glass, and their light reached but to a little distance from the posts.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, Penguin, 1942, Chapter 5, p. 160,[4]
- But what was worse, damp now began to make its way into every house—damp, which is the most insidious of all enemies, for while the sun can be shut out by blinds, and the frost roasted by a hot fire, damp steals in while we sleep; damp is silent, imperceptible, ubiquitous.
- 2005, Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, London: Faber, 2010, Chapter 10, p. 115,[5]
- We sometimes kept our Wellingtons on the whole day, leaving trails of mud and damp through the rooms.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,[1]
- (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
- 1810, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Elizabeth Shelley, “Warrior” in Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire, London: John Lane, 1898, p. 57,[6]
- Her chilling finger on my head,
- With coldest touch congealed my soul—
- Cold as the finger of the dead,
- Or damps which round a tombstone roll—
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 40,[7]
- Summer was ending: in the daytime singing insects hung in every sunbeam; vegetation was heavy nightly with globes of dew; and after showers creeping damps and twilight chills came up from the hollows.
- 1810, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Elizabeth Shelley, “Warrior” in Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire, London: John Lane, 1898, p. 57,[6]
- (archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy, London: Jacob Tonson, Act III, Scene 1, p. 35,[8]
- Ev’n now, while thus I stand blest in thy Presence,
- A secret Damp of Grief comes o’er my Thoughts,
- 1728, George Carleton (attributed to Daniel Defoe), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, p. 72,[9]
- But though the War was proclaim’d, and Preparations accordingly made for it, the Expectations from all receiv’d a sudden Damp, by the as sudden Death of King William.
- 1769, Edmund Burke, Observations on a Late State of the Nation, London: J. Dodsley, p. 33,[10]
- It is in this spirit that some have looked upon those accidents, that cast an occasional damp upon trade.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 50,[11]
- No sentiment of shame gave a damp to her triumph.
- 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 10,[12]
- […] Mrs. Gummidge […] , I am sorry to relate, cast a damp upon the festive character of our departure, by immediately bursting into tears […]
- 1866, James David Forbes, letter to A. Wills dated 2 January, 1866, in Life and Letters of James David Forbes, London: Macmaillan, 1873, p. 429,[13]
- […] I was concerned to hear from your brother that Mrs. Wills’ health had prevented her accompanying you to Sixt as usual. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion […]
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy, London: Jacob Tonson, Act III, Scene 1, p. 35,[8]
- (archaic or historical, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
- 1733, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies, London: Jacob Tonson, Chapter 1, p. 19,[14]
- There are sulphurous Vapours which infect the Vegetables, and render the Grass unwholsom to the Cattle that feed upon it: Miners are often hurt by these Steams. Observations made in some of the Mines in Derbyshire, describe four sorts of those Damps.
- 1733, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies, London: Jacob Tonson, Chapter 1, p. 19,[14]
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
damp (third-person singular simple present damps, present participle damping, simple past and past participle damped)
- (transitive, archaic) To dampen; to make moderately wet
- Synonym: moisten
- (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
- 1887, Sir John Lubbock, The Pleasures of Life
- How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit Book 1 Chapter 34
- My Lords, that I am yet to be told that it behoves a Minister of this free country to set bounds to the philanthropy, to cramp the charity, to fetter the public spirit, to contract the enterprise, to damp the independent self-reliance of its people.
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
- The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination
- I do not mean to wake the gloomy form Of superstition dress'd in wisdom's garb, To damp your tender hopes
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Essays, civil and moral
- Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug
- 1887, Sir John Lubbock, The Pleasures of Life
- (transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
Translations
Anagrams
- M.D. Pa., MPDA
Danish
Etymology
From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n)
Noun
damp c (singular definite dampen, plural indefinite dampe)
- steam
Inflection
Verb
damp
- imperative of dampe
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?mp/
- Hyphenation: damp
- Rhymes: -?mp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch damp.
Noun
damp m (plural dampen, diminutive dampje n)
- vapour (UK), vapor (US)
Derived terms
- dampbad
- dampkogel
- dampkring
- dampvormig
- gifdamp
- waterdamp
- zuurdamp
- zwaveldamp
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
damp
- first-person singular present indicative of dampen
- imperative of dampen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n)
Noun
damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural damper, definite plural dampene)
- steam
- vapour (UK), vapor (US)
Derived terms
Related terms
- dampe
Etymology 2
Verb
damp
- imperative of dampe
References
- “damp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n)
Noun
damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural dampar, definite plural dampane)
- steam
- vapour (UK), vapor (US)
Derived terms
Related terms
- dampe
References
- “damp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Verb
damp
- past tense of dimpa.
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quiet
English
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin qui?tus, past participle of qui?scere (“to keep quiet, rest”). Doublet of coy and quietus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- (weak vowel merger) enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- Rhymes: -a??t
Adjective
quiet (comparative quieter or more quiet, superlative quietest or most quiet)
- With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
- Having little motion or activity; calm.
- Not busy, of low quantity.
- Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
- Not showy; undemonstrative.
- (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:quiet.
Synonyms
- (with little sound): See also Thesaurus:silent
- (having little motion): See also Thesaurus:calm
- (not busy): slow, unbusy
- (not talking): See also Thesaurus:taciturn
- (not showy): modest, plain, simple
Antonyms
- loud
- sounded
- vocal
Translations
Verb
quiet (third-person singular simple present quiets, present participle quieting, simple past and past participle quieted)
- To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
- To cause someone to become quiet.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
Translations
Noun
quiet (plural quiets)
- The absence of sound; quietness.
- the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
Translations
Interjection
quiet
- Be quiet.
Related terms
Further reading
- quiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quiet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quiet at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quiet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- quite
Catalan
Etymology
First attested 1490. From Latin qui?tus, in this form probably a borrowing or a semi-learned term; cf. also the Old Catalan form quet, queda, which was likely inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ki?et/
Adjective
quiet (feminine quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietes)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- aturat
- detingut
Related terms
- quedar
Copallén
Noun
quiet
- water
References
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin qui?tus, from qui?s (“rest”). Doublet of coi, which was inherited, and quitte, another borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kj?/
Adjective
quiet (feminine singular quiète, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quiètes)
- (rare, literary) calm, quiet, peaceful, at ease
Synonyms
- See calme
Related terms
- quiétude
Usage notes
Its antonym inquiet is much more common.
Further reading
- “quiet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin qui?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?kjet]
Adjective
quiet m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietas)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- suau
- tranquil
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