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rainish

/ˈɹeɪnɪʃ/

rainish adjective: bringing or affected by rain.

Adjective

rainish (not comparable)

  1. Bringing or affected by rain.
    • The country of Tuscany will be much wasted and damnified for the entertainment of both these armies, which are like every day to increase more and more, and yet the rainish and miry season seems very unmeet for soldiers to do any great exploit in open field.1547-53, Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Edward VI.
    Synonyms:
    rainy
  2. Somewhat rainy.

Synonyms of rainish

Origin of rainish

From rain + -ish.

Questions about rainish

What does rainish mean?
Rainish means bringing or affected by rain.
What part of speech is rainish?
Rainish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rainish?
Rainish is pronounced /ˈɹeɪnɪʃ/.

Words near rainish in the dictionary

  1. raining on someone's parade
  2. raining out
  3. raining pitchforks
  4. raining stair rods
  5. rainings
  6. rainish
  7. rainjacket
  8. rainjackets
  9. rainland
  10. rainlands
  11. rainless

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