moite

Pronunciation: /mwat/

“moite” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

sticky, muggy (heat, weather)
sticky, sweaty (skin, hands etc.)

In French

Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French moiste, muste, from a cross between Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus) with forms of mustum; cf. *mustidus.

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