Slightly damp; somewhat moist or wet, though not completely saturated.
Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-y' to 'damp,' which comes from Middle Low German 'damp.' This informal suffix pattern (like 'sticky' or 'cloudy') has been productive in English for centuries.
This informal word shows how English lets speakers create quick descriptive variations—you'd say 'dampy' to mean 'a little damp' rather than formal 'slightly dampened,' which is way more conversational.
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