10 August 2015

dewy

[doo-ee, dyoo-ee]

adjective, dewier, dewiest.
1. moist with or as if with dew.
2. having the quality of dew :
dewy tears.

Origin of dewy

Middle English, Old English

1000, before 1000; Middle English; Old English dēawig; see dew, -y1

Related forms
dewily, adverb
dewiness, noun
undewily, adverb
undewiness, noun
undewy, adjective

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Examples from the Web for dewy

Contemporary Examples

When romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert.
The Brain Man: What is E. L. Doctorow Up to?
Tom LeClair
January 12, 2014

Historical Examples

So at the first toll of the deep-toned bell, I dressed myself, and went out into the dewy freshness of the new day.
The Doctor’s Dilemma
Hesba Stretton

Linda’s eyes opened wide and dewy with surprise and pleasure.
Her Father’s Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter

Today’s quote

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with their heart and soul,there is no such thing as separation.

– Rumi

On this day

10 August 587BC – Solomon’s Temple (also known as the ‘First Temple’) destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzer II during the Siege of Jerusalem. The temple was later rebuilt.

10 August 70AD – Solomon’s Temple (also known as the ‘Second Temple’) set alight by Roman Army, led by future Emperor Titus.

10 August 1960 – birth of José Antonio Domínguez Banderas, Spanish actor, otherwise known as Antonio Banderas.

10 August 1964 – Following the Gulf of Tonkin incidents on 2 and 4 August 1964, the US Congress passes ‘The Southeast Asia Resolution’ (the ‘Gulf of Tonkin Resolution’), which authorised the United States ‘to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom‘. The passage of this Resolution led to US involvement in the Vietnam War.