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Synonyms

pluvious

American  
[ploo-vee-uhs] / ˈplu vi əs /

adjective

  1. of or relating to rain; rainy.

pluvious British  
/ ˈpluːvɪəs /

adjective

  1. of or relating to rain; rainy

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Other Word Forms

  • pluviosity noun

Etymology

Origin of pluvious

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

Example Sentences

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A vaporous grey mist had entirely usurped the heavens, and the plash of weary rain resounded through the pluvious metropolis of the west.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

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

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

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