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pluviosity rare.|pluːvɪˈɒsɪtɪ|
[f. L. pluviōs-us (see prec.) + -ity.]
The quality of being rainy or of giving rain.
1845Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 105 Whether in a..heavy shower, or under the artificial pluviosity of the gardener's watering-pot. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 110 It was at least a gain to pay homage to that faculty..which had brought the forces of nature,—its pluviosity, nivosity, germinality, and vendemiarity,—under the yoke for the service of men. [Alluding to Pluviose n.] |