Definition of Moistful

1. a. Full of moisture.

Definition of Moistful

1. Adjective. (archaic) Full of moisture. ¹

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Definition of Moistful

1. moist [adj] - See also: moist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moistful

moist gangrene
moist moment
moist rale
moist tetter
moist wart
moisted
moisten
moistened
moistener
moisteners
moistening
moistens
moister
moistest
moistful (current term)
moistify
moisting
moistless
moistly
moistness
moistnesses
moists
moisture
moisture-repellent
moisture-resistant
moisture content
moisture scan
moistureless
moistureproof

Literary usage of Moistful

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

1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... decency ; chastity ; purity of manners. MODICUM, (mod'-de-kum) nt Small portion ; pittance. MOISTENER, (mçi'-sn-er) n. ». The person moistful ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"[mind} Her mantle richly wrought, with sundry flower* Her moistful temples bound, with wreaths of green; [and weeds; quivering reeds: Which loosely flowing ..."

3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808)
"... Clad all from head to foot, in gaudy summer's green;— Her mantle richly wrought with sundry fiow'rs and weeds; Her moistful temples bound with wreaths ..."

4. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-land: Together with Personal Reminiscences of the by William R. Hughes (1893)
"... Clad all from head to foot, in gaudy Summer's green, Her mantle richly wrought with sundry flow'rs and weeds ; Her moistful temples bound with wreaths ..."

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