[ploo-vee-ohs; Fr. ply-vyohz] 
| (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18. |
| plu·vi·ous (plōō'vē-əs) adj. Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy. [Middle English, from Old French pluvieus, from Latin pluviōsus, from (aqua) pluvia, rain (water), feminine of pluvius, of rain, from pluere, to rain; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.] plu'vi·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n. |
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