pluviousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpluːvɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈpluviəs/

Forms: late Middle English pluuyous, 1500s pluviouse, 1600s pluvius, 1600s– pluvious.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pluvious, pluvieux; Latin pluviōsus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pluvious and Middle French, French pluvieux (1247 in Old French as pluvieus ; compare earlier pluios (12th cent.), plujos (1213)), or its etymon classical Latin pluviōsus pluviose adj.; compare -ous suffix. Compare Spanish lluvioso (c1275 or earlier; also as pluvioso (c1370)), Italian pluvioso (a1306; now usually piovoso).

Of, relating to, or characterized by rain; full of or bearing rain or moisture; rainy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy

rainyOE

rainingc1400

droppinga1415

pluvious?1440

rainful1484

weeping1600

droppy1635

slattering1648

dripping1699

drippy1818

softish1855

feechie1975

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 66 (MED) In places ouer colde And pluuyous [L. pluuiosis], olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48/2 The ayre is to moyste and pluviouse or raynye.

1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 58 This falls downe with the pluvious or rainy vapour.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. iv. 346 The Rainebow..declareth a pluvious disposure in the ayre.

1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 11 There is such a general Inundation, caus'd lately by the Abundance of pluvious Particles.

1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. 334 Those [winds] which predominate there are very humid and pluvious.

1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 371 The pluvious metropolis of the west.

a1876 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden (1880) II. 235 Dost thou not find that this pluvious weather produceth much newspaper stupidity?

1999 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 25 Oct. 2 In this pluvious country, however, it seems that a little rain must fall on every parade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pluvious
释义	pluviousadj. Brit. /ˈpluːvɪəs/, U.S. /ˈpluviəs/ Forms: late Middle English pluuyous, 1500s pluviouse, 1600s pluvius, 1600s– pluvious. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pluvious, pluvieux; Latin pluviōsus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pluvious and Middle French, French pluvieux (1247 in Old French as pluvieus ; compare earlier pluios (12th cent.), plujos (1213)), or its etymon classical Latin pluviōsus pluviose adj.; compare -ous suffix. Compare Spanish lluvioso (c1275 or earlier; also as pluvioso (c1370)), Italian pluvioso (a1306; now usually piovoso). Of, relating to, or characterized by rain; full of or bearing rain or moisture; rainy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy rainyOE rainyOE rainingc1400 droppinga1415 pluvious?1440 rainful1484 weeping1600 droppy1635 slattering1648 dripping1699 drippy1818 softish1855 feechie1975 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 66 (MED) In places ouer colde And pluuyous [L. pluuiosis], olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48/2 The ayre is to moyste and pluviouse or raynye. 1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 58 This falls downe with the pluvious or rainy vapour. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. iv. 346 The Rainebow..declareth a pluvious disposure in the ayre. View more context for this quotation 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 11 There is such a general Inundation, caus'd lately by the Abundance of pluvious Particles. 1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. 334 Those [winds] which predominate there are very humid and pluvious. 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 371 The pluvious metropolis of the west. a1876 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden (1880) II. 235 Dost thou not find that this pluvious weather produceth much newspaper stupidity? 1999 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 25 Oct. 2 In this pluvious country, however, it seems that a little rain must fall on every parade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1440
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