noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun
Describes something thoroughly wet, often to the point of dripping. Used for clothes, hair, paper, etc.
My clothes got sopping wet from the rain.
I wrung out the dripping wet towel.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kana spelling is also common.
Compound of the mimetic adverb ぐしょ (representing heavy wetness) and 濡れ (from 濡れる, 'to get wet').