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pluvious

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plu⋅vi⋅ous

  [ploo-vee-uhs]
–adjective
of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L pluviōsus. See pluvial, -ous

Related forms:
plu⋅vi⋅os⋅i⋅ty  [ploo-vee-os-i-tee] , noun
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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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