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Rainy

//ˈɹeɪni// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pouring with rain; wet; showery

    "Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of weather) wet by periods of rain wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English reyny, from Old English reġniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *regnag, from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rienig (“rainy”), West Frisian reinich (“rainy”), Dutch regenig (“rainy”), German regnig (“rainy”), Swedish regnig (“rainy”).

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