pluvious

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plu·vi·ous

(plo͞o′vē-əs) also plu·vi·ose (-ōs′)

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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pluvious

(ˈpluːvɪəs) or

pluviose

adj

of or relating to rain; rainy

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

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