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rainsome

rainsome adjective: marked by rain or raininess; rainy.

Adjective

rainsome (comparative more rainsome, superlative most rainsome)

  1. (archaic) Marked by rain or raininess; rainy
    • Whereof ensued, that the burgessis were straictly kept in dures within the countie of Kildare, unto suche tyme as they were fayne to make fyne and rainsome, […]1834, State Papers: pt. III
    • Anuradha shook her head: she would never forget the relief she felt at Pallavi's words - I'm here, Anuradha - on that fierce, rainsome night.2004, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, The Last Song of Dusk

Forms of rainsome

comparativemore rainsome
superlativemost rainsome

Origin of rainsome

From rain + -some.

Questions about rainsome

What does rainsome mean?
Rainsome means marked by rain or raininess; rainy.
What part of speech is rainsome?
Rainsome is an adjective.

Words near rainsome in the dictionary

  1. rainshower
  2. rainshowers
  3. rainslicker
  4. rainslickers
  5. rainsoaked
  6. rainsome
  7. rainspout
  8. rainspouts
  9. rainsquall
  10. rainsqualls
  11. rainstick

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