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rainy

UK/ˈɹeɪni/ US/ˈreɪni/ fairly common

adjective

1.

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

  • “showery weather”
  • “rainy days”
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2.

marked by rain

  • “their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days”
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Origin

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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