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klamm.

clammy, damp, unpleasantly moist (e.g. of fabrics, the air in a room)

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Meaning & usage

adj/klam/
  1. clammy, damp, unpleasantly moist (e.g. of fabrics, the air in a room)

  2. cold

  3. cash-strapped

Where this word comes from

From Middle High German klam (“narrow, tight, solid”), from Old High German klam, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan (“to smear with clay”). The modern sense is chiefly Central and Low German (Middle Low German klam). Cognate with Dutch klam. Also related with English clammy.

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