wetness

Noun

(uncountable)

Origin

From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wÇ£tnes (“moisture, wetness"), equivalent to wet +"Ž -ness.

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Deidre felt the wetness of her tears.
Her eyes grew blurry, and hot wetness slid down her cheeks.
Habitats of medium wetness, with the accompanying plant communities of woodlands and grasslands.
Schimperl made a distinct advance when he distinguished between physical and physiological dryness or wetness of the soil.
Related to the physiological drought, such plants possess some xerophytic characters; and, related to the physical wetness, the plants possess the aeration channels.

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