rainfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈreɪnf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈreɪnf(ə)l/

Forms: see rain n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rain n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < rain n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare Danish regnfuld (a1762 as †regnefuld ). Compare earlier raining adj., rainy adj. and later rainish adj.

Full of rain; rainy, bringing rain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy

rainyOE

rainingc1400

droppinga1415

pluvious?1440

rainful1484

weeping1600

droppy1635

slattering1648

dripping1699

drippy1818

softish1855

feechie1975

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > causing, bringing, or connected with rain

rainyc1384

plungy?a1425

wetc1425

rainbred1582

showery1594

pluvian1799

rainful1877

rain-making1889

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. viii This yere shalle be raynfull [Fr. il sera grant multitude de pluyes] and grete habondaunce of waters shalle falle.

1867 Harper's Mag. Aug. 327/1 He looked down into her face, which was as if moon and stars had suddenly risen upon a clouded and rainful sky.

1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 126 Dionysus, born Of rainful Jove.

1890 F. W. Bourdillon Ailes d'Alouette 5 For troubled skies and rainful blast.

1893 G. Macdonald Poet. Wks. I. 428 The dark Falls rainful o'er the sunset.

1909 H. James Let. 1 Nov. (1920) II. vi. 141 Under a most rainful sky.

1949 R. Moore Grasshopper's Man 22 This rainful, black, mud-running season.

1981 B. Kaufman Ancient Rain 22 Darkwalking endlessly, these anguished floors of earth Through rainfull seasons of the mind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rainful
释义	rainfuladj. Brit. /ˈreɪnf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈreɪnf(ə)l/ Forms: see rain n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rain n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < rain n.¹ + -ful suffix. Compare Danish regnfuld (a1762 as †regnefuld ). Compare earlier raining adj., rainy adj. and later rainish adj. Full of rain; rainy, bringing rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy rainyOE rainyOE rainingc1400 droppinga1415 pluvious?1440 rainful1484 weeping1600 droppy1635 slattering1648 dripping1699 drippy1818 softish1855 feechie1975 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > causing, bringing, or connected with rain rainyc1384 plungy?a1425 wetc1425 rainbred1582 showery1594 pluvian1799 rainful1877 rain-making1889 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. viii This yere shalle be raynfull [Fr. il sera grant multitude de pluyes] and grete habondaunce of waters shalle falle. 1867 Harper's Mag. Aug. 327/1 He looked down into her face, which was as if moon and stars had suddenly risen upon a clouded and rainful sky. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 126 Dionysus, born Of rainful Jove. 1890 F. W. Bourdillon Ailes d'Alouette 5 For troubled skies and rainful blast. 1893 G. Macdonald Poet. Wks. I. 428 The dark Falls rainful o'er the sunset. 1909 H. James Let. 1 Nov. (1920) II. vi. 141 Under a most rainful sky. 1949 R. Moore Grasshopper's Man 22 This rainful, black, mud-running season. 1981 B. Kaufman Ancient Rain 22 Darkwalking endlessly, these anguished floors of earth Through rainfull seasons of the mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1484
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