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. |
pluvious [ˈpluːvɪəs], pluviose
adj
of or relating to rain; rainy
[from Late Latin pluviōsus full of rain, from pluvia rain, from pluere to rain]
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