steamy

[stee-mee]

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adjective, steam·i·er, steam·i·est.

consisting of or resembling steam.
full of or abounding in steam; emitting steam.
covered with or as if with condensed steam: a steamy bathroom mirror.

hot and humid.
Informal. passionate or erotic.

Origin of steamy

First recorded in 1635–45; steam + -y¹

Related formssteam·i·ly, adverbsteam·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for steamy

Contemporary Examples

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.
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December 11, 2014
This is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy.
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Tim Teeman
October 6, 2014
We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.
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September 14, 2014
The trailer was too sappy to go with my friends and the poster was too steamy to go with my parents.
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June 26, 2014
Today, at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador—in the steamy northeastern coast of Brazil—we saw the Dutch Reconquista.
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June 13, 2014

Historical Examples

There was still enough light in the steamy cabin to discern objects.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
T. S. Stribling
A formless cloud of gray fog blew into the warm, steamy room.
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The baby should remain in this steamy atmosphere ten minutes at a time.
The Mother and Her Child
William S. Sadler
The atmosphere was as steamy, as dense and as aromatic as before.
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Maurice Baring
I wonder that you have kept your health as well as you have, in this steamy climate.
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G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for steamy

steamy

adjective steamier or steamiest

of, resembling, full of, or covered with steam
informal lustful or eroticsteamy nightlife

Derived Formssteamily, adverbsteaminess, noun

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Word Origin and History for steamy

adj.

1640s, from steam + -y (2); in the sense of "erotic, sexy," it is first recorded 1952. Related: Steamily; steaminess.

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Examples from the Web for steamy

Contemporary Examples

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.

This is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy.

We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.

The trailer was too sappy to go with my friends and the poster was too steamy to go with my parents.

Today, at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador—in the steamy northeastern coast of Brazil—we saw the Dutch Reconquista.

Historical Examples

There was still enough light in the steamy cabin to discern objects.

A formless cloud of gray fog blew into the warm, steamy room.

The baby should remain in this steamy atmosphere ten minutes at a time.

The atmosphere was as steamy, as dense and as aromatic as before.

I wonder that you have kept your health as well as you have, in this steamy climate.

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Word Origin and History for steamy

adj.

Origin of steamy