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PLUVIOUS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'plooveeus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days"
 
 Synonyms: inclement, pluvial, rainy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Plu"vi*ous\, a. [L. pluviosus, pluvius, fr. pluvia
rain: cf. F. pluvieux. See {Pluvial}, a.]
Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. --Sir T. Browne.
 

 

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