Definition of Dampish

1. Adjective. Slightly wet. "Eyes moist with tears"

Exact synonyms: Damp, Moist
Similar to: Wet
Derivative terms: Damp, Dampness, Moistness

Definition of Dampish

1. a. Moderately damp or moist.

Definition of Dampish

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky. ¹

2. Adjective. Moderately damp or moist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dampish

1. somewhat damp [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampish

dampening
dampeningly
dampens
damper
damper block
dampers
dampest
dampier
dampiest
dampiness
damping
damping off
damping off fungus
dampingly
dampings
dampish (current term)
dampishly
dampishness
damply
dampne
dampness
dampnesses
dampproof
dampproofed
dampproofing
dampproofs
damps
dampth
dampy
dams

Literary usage of Dampish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists: With Conjectural Emendations of the Text by Karl Elze (1880)
"Delius 69): — Then know, my lord, there is a dampish cave, The nightly habitation of these dragons, Vaulted beneath &c. The Play of Stucley 668 (Simpson, ..."

2. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists: With Conjectural Emendations of the Text by Karl Elze (1880)
"Delius 69): — Then know, my lord, there is a dampish cave, The nightly habitation of these dragons, Vaulted beneath &c. The Play of Stucley 668 (Simpson, ..."

3. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"True, some ten years ago several dampish tracts of land were planted with the Huntingdon Willow by a keen and far seeing landowner, but, generally speaking, ..."

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