pluviophile

[ploo-vee-uh-fahyl]

noun

1. a person who enjoys rain and rainy days, and who is fascinated by the sights, sounds, etc., of rain.

   A favorite rush is to watch the ever-changing effects of raindrops on the creek—if you were a pluviophile, you’d understand!

Word History and Origins

Origin of pluviophile¹

First recorded in 1990–95; from Latin pluvi(a) “rain” + -o- ( def. ) + -phile ( def. )

Example Sentences

She is soft-spoken but extremely dogged in her exploration of a tricky medium on a large scale, as with what is perhaps her best-known work, “Liquid Sunshine/I am a Pluviophile,” a commission for the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y., which was on long-term view until January and is now part of the museum’s collection.

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“Liquid Sunshine/I am a Pluviophile,” a commission for the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, is the best-known work of Rui Sasaki.

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