plu·vi·ous (pl  v - s) also plu·vi·ose (- s )adj. Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy. [Middle English, from Old French pluvieus, from Latin pluvi sus, from (aqua) pluvia, rain (water), feminine of pluvius, of rain, from pluere, to rain; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]plu vi·osi·ty (- s -t) n. |
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| Noun | 1. | Pluviose - fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month Revolutionary calendar - the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792 Revolutionary calendar month - a month in the Revolutionary calendar |
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