Rainshower

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of rain shower. alt-of, alternative

    "Under these circumstances, fair weather, with just scattered cumulus clouds in the afternoon, will prevail for about 2 or 3 days with very little, if any, rainshower activity"

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showershower

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"The rainshower made the dust settle."

Etymology

From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).

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