pluvious

[ ploo-vee-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to rain; rainy.

Origin of pluvious

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word pluviōsus.See pluvial, -ous

Other words from pluvious

  • plu·vi·os·i·ty [ploo-vee-os-i-tee], /ˌplu viˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun

Words Nearby pluvious

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How to use pluvious in a sentence

  • What would have happened it is hard to say had Jupiter pluvious again gone to work.

  • She was pale, the lips pressed tight, the pluvious eyes blinking rapidly.

    L-bas | J. K. Huysmans

British Dictionary definitions for pluvious

pluvious

pluviose

/ (ˈpluːvɪəs) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to rain; rainy

Origin of pluvious

1
C15: from Late Latin pluviōsus full of rain, from pluvia rain, from pluere to rain

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