rainy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
Definition of rainy
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pouring with rain; wet; showery
“Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park.”
“It's a very rainy day, so let's stay indoors.”
“This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.”
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Etymology
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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