moisture

noun

Etymology: From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.

1. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

   “drops / beads of moisture”

   “I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:”

2. The state of being moist.

   “[…] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:”

   “Such was the discord, which did first disperse Forme, order, beauty through the universe; While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists, All that we have, and that we are subsists:”

3. Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.