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pluvious

[ploo-vee-uhs]

adjective

of or pertaining to rain; rainy.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin pluviōsus. See pluvial, -ous

Related forms

plu·vi·os·i·ty

[ploo-vee-os-i-tee] , noun

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pluvious or pluviose (ˈpluːvɪəs)

—*adj*
	of or relating to rain; rainy

[C15: from Late Latin pluviōsus full of rain, from pluvia rain, from pluere to rain]

pluviose or pluviose

—*adj*

[C15: from Late Latin pluviōsus full of rain, from pluvia rain, from pluere to rain]

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