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antipluvial

UK/antiˈpluːvɪəl/

antipluvial adjective: combatting or protecting one from the rain.

Adjective

antipluvial (comparative more antipluvial, superlative most antipluvial)

  1. (rare) Combatting or protecting one from the rain.
    • The best [umbrella] is a legend, a symbol, a mere mythical lance of anti-pluvial perfection.1926, David Thompson Watson McCord, Oddly Enough, page 109
    • Johnson has taken measures to insure against an untimely deluge: that is, he has concocted a potent antipluvial fetish [...].1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 344

Forms of antipluvial

comparativemore antipluvial
superlativemost antipluvial

Origin of antipluvial

From anti- + pluvial.

Questions about antipluvial

What does antipluvial mean?
Antipluvial means combatting or protecting one from the rain.
What part of speech is antipluvial?
Antipluvial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce antipluvial?
Antipluvial is pronounced /antiˈpluːvɪəl/ (UK).

Words near antipluvial in the dictionary

  1. antipluralist
  2. antipluralistic
  3. antipluralists
  4. antiplutocracy
  5. antiplutocratic
  6. antipluvial
  7. antipneumococcal
  8. antipneumococcic
  9. antipoaching
  10. antipodagric
  11. antipodagrics

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