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rainful

rainful adjective: full of rain.

Adjective

rainful (comparative more rainful, superlative most rainful)

  1. (rare) Full of rain.
    • He knew he had joined the underground to give a meaning to his last days on earth, only to culminate in this rainful night, bleeding to death.1995, Carlos Bulosan, Epifanio San Juan, The Cry and the Dedication, page 284
    • Gain of rain was also seen as the fluid of germination from the cosmic foetus in the form of the rainful cloud.2000, Sadashiv Ambadas Dange, Images from Vedic Hymns and Rituals, page xiii

Forms of rainful

comparativemore rainful
superlativemost rainful

Origin of rainful

From rain + -ful. Cognate with Danish regnfuld, Norwegian regnfull.

Questions about rainful

What does rainful mean?
Rainful means full of rain.
What part of speech is rainful?
Rainful is an adjective.

Words near rainful in the dictionary

  1. rainforested
  2. rainforests
  3. rainfree
  4. rainfrog
  5. rainfrogs
  6. rainful
  7. raing
  8. raingarden
  9. raingardens
  10. raingauge
  11. raingauges

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