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humid
/ ˈhjuːmɪd /
adjective
- moist; damp
a humid day
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Derived Forms
- ˈhumidness, noun
- ˈhumidly, adverb
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Other Words From
- humid·ly adverb
- humid·ness noun
- sub·humid adjective
- un·humid adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of humid1
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Example Sentences
The idea of being able to power these from humid air is appealing, he says.
The city climate is humid continental with a subtropical aspect.
Summers in Cleveland are typically warm and humid, and winters are cold, windy, and often include snow.
Summers are typically hot and humid, while winters can be quite cold and sometimes snowy.
Still, he adds, it is “much hotter and more humid than many of us have experienced.”
The hot, humid climate on parts of the continent is perfect for palm oil plantations.
September to October is less humid and more pleasant than summer in Korea.
That humid night, I realized I had forgotten how much I loved and missed performers like Gift of Gab, the Fat Boys, and Raekwon.
I had last seen Lembembe in March, on a sticky, humid evening in Yaoundé.
And, face it, no one really wants to be in humid Washington, D.C., at the end of June when they can be somewhere else.
In the south, however, there are some large rivers, and the forest region is very humid.
The climate is hot and humid, and many kinds of tropical fruit are produced in abundance.
She fled round the water-tank and gained the humid darkness of the grotto.
To any goddess the smell of the incense is sweet, the sight of the flowers, the humid eyes, the leaping heart delightful.
In humid weather the cloud hangs long and lazily in the air; in dry weather it is rapidly licked up.
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More About Humid
What does humid mean?
Humid is used to describe air that is full of water vapor.
Humid is most commonly applied to weather or the general climate of a place, especially when the temperature is hot.
The noun form of humid is humidity.
Example: Summertime in Florida is almost unbearably humid.
Where does humid come from?
The first records of the word humid come from around 1400. It comes from the Latin (h)ūmidus, from the verb (h)ūm(ēre), meaning “to be moist.”
Humidity does, indeed, boil down to moistness—it’s the moistness of the air around you. There are other words to describe this, like muggy, but humid is the most formal (and common) one. Humid is almost always used to refer to moist air that is also hot—it typically wouldn’t be used to describe air that’s moist and cold (such air is commonly described as damp).
The air in your bathroom could be described as humid after you take a steamy shower, but humid is typically used to describe weather or the general climate of a place.
Meteorologists (weather scientists) measure humidity in a few different ways. You’ve probably heard them use the term relative humidity, which is the ratio of the actual amount of water vapor in the air (at a given temperature) to the maximum amount that the air could hold at that temperature. Relative humidity is expressed as a percentage—the higher the number, the higher the humidity. Tropical rainforests, for example, have a relative humidity of around 80 percent or higher most of the time. Absolute humidity, on the other hand, is the amount of water vapor that is present in a particular volume of air.
People tend to complain about weather that’s hot and humid. There’s a reason it’s uncomfortable. We use sweat to cool off, and humid air prevents evaporation, so when it’s humid out, we can’t cool off as well. This is what people mean when they say, “It’s not the heat—it’s the humidity.”
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What are some other forms related to humid?
- humidity (noun)
- humidly (adverb)
- humidness (noun)
- subhumid (adjective)
- unhumid (adjective)
- nonhumid (adjective)
What are some synonyms for humid?
What are some words that share a root or word element with humid?
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How is humid used in real life?
Humid is used by both meteorologists and laypeople. Most people find humid weather uncomfortable, and people often complain about it.
Being a Georgia-based writer means constantly coming up with fresh ways to say "it was unbelievably hot and humid"
— landmanspeaking (@landmanspeaking) May 24, 2020
Storm chances come with warmer, more humid weather https://t.co/bbjA2BC7kJ
— KCRG (@KCRG) May 22, 2020
THE absolute WORST thing about living in a humid country
COCKROACHES
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢— River 🌷 (@riverish333) December 30, 2019
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Is humid used correctly in the following sentence?
The dry, humid air made my skin feel parched.
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