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cloudage

American  
[klou-dij] / ˈklaʊ dɪdʒ /

noun

Meteorology.
  1. cloud cover.


Etymology

Origin of cloudage

First recorded in 1810–20; cloud + -age

Example Sentences

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After the clearing of the mists, we have a spell of unbroken blue sky and bright sunshine, followed by a deliciously cool, gray English heaven, with sunny glimpses and varied cloudage.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

And cloudage, to borrow an expression of Coleridge, suggested England, too.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda