Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dampest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden.
2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
All these and more came flocking, but with looks
Downcast and damp. --Milton.
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