different between humid vs dewy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, umidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *weg?- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hju?m?d/

Adjective

humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)

1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

   Synonyms: damp, moist; see also Thesaurus:wet

   • 1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

     Evening cloud, or humid bow.

Derived terms

• humidor

Related terms

• humidity

Translations

Further reading

• humid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humid at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English dewy, deuhy, from Old English d?awi?, from Old English d?aw. Equivalent to dew +? y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dju?.i/, /?d?u?.i/, /?du?.i/

Adjective

dewy (comparative dewier or more dewy, superlative dewiest or most dewy)

1. Covered by dew.

   Synonyms: bedewed, rory; see also Thesaurus:bedewed

2. Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
3. Fresh and innocent.
   • 1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face

     Thy dewy looks sink in my breast

     Thy gentle words stir poison there;

Derived terms

• dewy-eyed

Translations

Anagrams

• wyde, wyed

Middle English

Alternative forms

• deuhy

Etymology

From Old English d?awi?, from Old English d?aw. Equivalent to dew +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?u?.i?/

Adjective

dewy

1. Resembling dew; dewy
2. Resembling water.

Descendants

• English: dewy

References

• “deu?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.