wetter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
noun a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
noun someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed

From wet + -er.

"You are no wetter than myself. — An Undivided Union, Oliver Optic
The heat was hot- ter, the humidity wetter. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
No tragedy-tricks with me! a scream, a sob, or thy kerchief a trifle the wetter, were enough. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

wetting agent, surfactant, surface-active agent

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