wetness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.

The wetness on his shoulder was unnerving, the absence of pain incredible. — Space Station 1, Frank Belknap Long
Yet they did not feel the wetness so much as might be supposed. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy
Lake Superior is one of the largest aggregations of fresh wetness in the world, if not the largest. — Remarks, Bill Nye

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