showeryadj.

Brit.

/ˈʃaʊ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈʃaʊ(ə)ri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s showrie, 1500s–1700s showry, 1600s shewery, 1600s– showery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shower n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < shower n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Of weather, a period of time, etc.: characterized by (frequent) showers of rain.Quot. 1552 may alternatively show sense 1b.

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

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Showry or full of showres, Imbricosus, Nimbosus.

1581 R. Vaux tr. A. Hyperius Two Common Places sig. C4^v God is said..to stirre vp a showrie storme, which lifteth vp y^e waues of the sea.

?1585 W. Perkins Foure Great Lyers sig. A2 Showrie and cold.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §548 In a Showry Season.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Ssss2^v The Aire hereof is very shewery.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 61 About the beginning of April (or before, if the weather be showery) prepare an even Bed.

1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 256 August..was a very inequal, showry, moist cold Month, yet no great Rains.

1774 J. Cook Jrnl. 23 Apr. (1969) II. 381 Showery rainy Weather.

1854 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. ii. 126 It continued showery all day.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. vii. 209 This kind of thing went on for another week of weather which at worst was showery.

1916 M. Gyte Diary 26 May (1999) 88 Fine but came on showery between four and five.

1940 J. Masefield Basilissa 270 The night was somewhat showery till after midnight.

2015 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 11 July (Weekend section) 3 Whether it's showery or sunny, you'll be ready to make the most of July.

b. Of a cloud, the wind, etc.: bringing showers of rain.In quot. 1697 of a constellation: associated with or causing showers of rain.

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

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1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 126 Bethlem is plast where South brings showry cloud, Whose hap was earst in lap great birth to shrowd.

1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 94 When showery Southwindes blow, When grounds are moist, and rivers overflow.

1642 I. Massy Midsummer's Prognostication 6 After a day of raining showry winde, A sunshine morning entertaines my minde.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 491 Like the Storm that flies From Westward, when the Show'ry Kids arise.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad v. 222 Full to the gulph the showery south-winds howl.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 14 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 474 The showery clouds that haunt a hill-country.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxvi. 2 'Tis not showery south, nor airy wester.

1918 E. Atkinson Poilu iii. 63 The storm was passing over in showery gusts of wind when they left the car.

2014 L. Levene Following Girls 226 Mid-morning sun broke open the showery clouds and raced through O'Brien's study window.

c. Of rain or other precipitation: falling in showers.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > falling in showers

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1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fifth Bk. Moses called Deuteronomie sig. Ee4^v/1 The Greek translateth it a showre, or showry-rayn.

1696 T. Robinson Treat. Meteorol. xiii, in New Observ. Nat. Hist. 217 When the Vapours..are Opake at the bottom, and White at the Top, expect a Showery Rain.

1713 Eng. Gratitude 14 The biting Frost nips all his Branches dead, And showry Rains weigh down his feeble Head.

1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 139 Cloudy, with showery small rain.

1845 H. W. Longfellow in Graham's Mag. Aug. 71/2 Aquarius old..Scattering everywhere The showery rain.

1866 Two Months on Tobique 193 The hazy air, hazy with thick showery snow of a whitish buff-coloured grey, dull, smoky-looking.

1956 Flying Mag. Jan. 17 Steady precipitation—not showery.

2015 Sunday Express (Nexis) 20 Sept. 2 Some early sunshine, but otherwise cloudy with showery rain edging eastwards from midday.

†d. poetic. In showery arch, showery bow, etc.: designating a rainbow. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [adjective] > attribute of rainbow

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showery arch1667

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 759 Inlaid with pure Amber, and colours of the showrie Arch.

1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 293 The showery arch, With listed colours gay, ore, azure, gules.

1713 T. Tickell On Prospect of Peace 19 Sun-born Iris paints her show'ry bow.

1789 J. Roberts Deluge 14 Refracted rays of light..Break from the showery prism.

1845 N. L. Frothingham tr. A. A. von Auersperg in H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe 358/1 As long as after tempests Shall spring one showery bow.

1888 H. W. Parker Spirit of Beauty vii. 233 The thought suggests itself here that the ‘showery arch’ is created by innumerable drops of rain or of mist.

2. figurative and in extended use.

a. Resembling a shower of rain; falling, flowing, etc., in a spray or stream.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > [adjective] > in or as in (a) shower(s)

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > being sprinkled

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1598 R. Carew Herrings Tayle sig. B3 Straight repentance should them melt in showrie teares.

1625 T. Hawkins tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 35 Glad to behold, where the burnt Zones doe stand, Or clowdy Poles, which showry dewes command.

1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 70 Bright It collects the Beams, which, trembling All, Back from the God, a show'ry Radiance, fall.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 509 The waves..scatter far the show'ry spray.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters ii, in Poems (new ed.) 109 Dewed with showery drops, Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse.

1853 O. W. Holmes Poem Amer. Med. Assoc. 78 The selfsame founts her chalice fill With showery sunlight running over.

1962 R. Ruark Uhuru i. ii. 16 Winding shaded roads fluffed with the dainty white blossoms of haw and the showery yellow exuberance of forsythia.

1998 D. Heiner Fly-fishing Alaska's Wild Rivers i. 14 Several of those huge calicos..plopping back into the currents so violently they'd send a showery spray over to the riverbank.

†b. Shedding tears; tearful. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]

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1654 T. Jacombe in S. Ashe Living Loves betwixt Christ & Dying Christians 75/1 Had we his eyes (which always showry were) Such is our loss, each word should have a tear!

1695 E. Arwaker Thoughts well Employ'd iv. 112 What showry Eyes, and mournful Looks shall we cast back upon the amiable Dwellings of the Lord of Hosts.

1715 S. Wright Treat. being Born Again iv. 139 With showry Eyes, and with an aking Heart, though wilt look to the beauteous Regions of Light and Love.

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 172 She fixt A showery glance upon her aunt.

1897 E. H. Fowler Professor's Children (1898) iv. 74 ‘It was the kind of pit a boy would enjoy most,’ answered his father quickly, watching Oliver's showery face.

1907 Smart Set Nov. 20/1 Funny about women bein' so showery that way.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	showery
释义	showeryadj. Brit. /ˈʃaʊ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈʃaʊ(ə)ri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s showrie, 1500s–1700s showry, 1600s shewery, 1600s– showery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shower n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < shower n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of weather, a period of time, etc.: characterized by (frequent) showers of rain.Quot. 1552 may alternatively show sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > showery showery1552 showerful1810 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Showry or full of showres, Imbricosus, Nimbosus. 1581 R. Vaux tr. A. Hyperius Two Common Places sig. C4^v God is said..to stirre vp a showrie storme, which lifteth vp y^e waues of the sea. ?1585 W. Perkins Foure Great Lyers sig. A2 Showrie and cold. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §548 In a Showry Season. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Ssss2^v The Aire hereof is very shewery. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 61 About the beginning of April (or before, if the weather be showery) prepare an even Bed. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 256 August..was a very inequal, showry, moist cold Month, yet no great Rains. 1774 J. Cook Jrnl. 23 Apr. (1969) II. 381 Showery rainy Weather. 1854 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. ii. 126 It continued showery all day. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. vii. 209 This kind of thing went on for another week of weather which at worst was showery. 1916 M. Gyte Diary 26 May (1999) 88 Fine but came on showery between four and five. 1940 J. Masefield Basilissa 270 The night was somewhat showery till after midnight. 2015 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 11 July (Weekend section) 3 Whether it's showery or sunny, you'll be ready to make the most of July. b. Of a cloud, the wind, etc.: bringing showers of rain.In quot. 1697 of a constellation: associated with or causing showers of rain. ΘΚΠ 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 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 126 Bethlem is plast where South brings showry cloud, Whose hap was earst in lap great birth to shrowd. 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 94 When showery Southwindes blow, When grounds are moist, and rivers overflow. 1642 I. Massy Midsummer's Prognostication 6 After a day of raining showry winde, A sunshine morning entertaines my minde. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 491 Like the Storm that flies From Westward, when the Show'ry Kids arise. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad v. 222 Full to the gulph the showery south-winds howl. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 14 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 474 The showery clouds that haunt a hill-country. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxvi. 2 'Tis not showery south, nor airy wester. 1918 E. Atkinson Poilu iii. 63 The storm was passing over in showery gusts of wind when they left the car. 2014 L. Levene Following Girls 226 Mid-morning sun broke open the showery clouds and raced through O'Brien's study window. c. Of rain or other precipitation: falling in showers. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > falling in showers showery1619 1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fifth Bk. Moses called Deuteronomie sig. Ee4^v/1 The Greek translateth it a showre, or showry-rayn. 1696 T. Robinson Treat. Meteorol. xiii, in New Observ. Nat. Hist. 217 When the Vapours..are Opake at the bottom, and White at the Top, expect a Showery Rain. 1713 Eng. Gratitude 14 The biting Frost nips all his Branches dead, And showry Rains weigh down his feeble Head. 1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 139 Cloudy, with showery small rain. 1845 H. W. Longfellow in Graham's Mag. Aug. 71/2 Aquarius old..Scattering everywhere The showery rain. 1866 Two Months on Tobique 193 The hazy air, hazy with thick showery snow of a whitish buff-coloured grey, dull, smoky-looking. 1956 Flying Mag. Jan. 17 Steady precipitation—not showery. 2015 Sunday Express (Nexis) 20 Sept. 2 Some early sunshine, but otherwise cloudy with showery rain edging eastwards from midday. †d. poetic. In showery arch, showery bow, etc.: designating a rainbow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [adjective] > attribute of rainbow watery1600 showery arch1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 759 Inlaid with pure Amber, and colours of the showrie Arch. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 293 The showery arch, With listed colours gay, ore, azure, gules. 1713 T. Tickell On Prospect of Peace 19 Sun-born Iris paints her show'ry bow. 1789 J. Roberts Deluge 14 Refracted rays of light..Break from the showery prism. 1845 N. L. Frothingham tr. A. A. von Auersperg in H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe 358/1 As long as after tempests Shall spring one showery bow. 1888 H. W. Parker Spirit of Beauty vii. 233 The thought suggests itself here that the ‘showery arch’ is created by innumerable drops of rain or of mist. 2. figurative and in extended use. a. Resembling a shower of rain; falling, flowing, etc., in a spray or stream. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > [adjective] > in or as in (a) shower(s) showery1598 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > being sprinkled sprinkling1581 showery1598 1598 R. Carew Herrings Tayle sig. B3 Straight repentance should them melt in showrie teares. 1625 T. Hawkins tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 35 Glad to behold, where the burnt Zones doe stand, Or clowdy Poles, which showry dewes command. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 70 Bright It collects the Beams, which, trembling All, Back from the God, a show'ry Radiance, fall. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 509 The waves..scatter far the show'ry spray. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters ii, in Poems (new ed.) 109 Dewed with showery drops, Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. 1853 O. W. Holmes Poem Amer. Med. Assoc. 78 The selfsame founts her chalice fill With showery sunlight running over. 1962 R. Ruark Uhuru i. ii. 16 Winding shaded roads fluffed with the dainty white blossoms of haw and the showery yellow exuberance of forsythia. 1998 D. Heiner Fly-fishing Alaska's Wild Rivers i. 14 Several of those huge calicos..plopping back into the currents so violently they'd send a showery spray over to the riverbank. †b. Shedding tears; tearful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] weepingc900 wopi?c1225 greetingfula1340 greetyc1350 weeplyc1374 weepfula1382 weepinglyc1440 lachrymablec1450 moistc1450 lachrymous1490 rainy1563 tearfula1586 greeting1588 collachrymate1593 crying1594 onion-eyeda1616 maudlinc1616 rheumatica1627 fluxed1628 lachrymalc1630 crystal-droppinga1650 showery1654 lugent1656 Niobean1665 lachrymary1693 lachrymose1727 moist-eyed1797 larmoyant1824 pluviose1824 ploratory1831 lachrymating1837 screwmatic1847 pipy1861 weepy1863 blarting1898 leaky1905 1654 T. Jacombe in S. Ashe Living Loves betwixt Christ & Dying Christians 75/1 Had we his eyes (which always showry were) Such is our loss, each word should have a tear! 1695 E. Arwaker Thoughts well Employ'd iv. 112 What showry Eyes, and mournful Looks shall we cast back upon the amiable Dwellings of the Lord of Hosts. 1715 S. Wright Treat. being Born Again iv. 139 With showry Eyes, and with an aking Heart, though wilt look to the beauteous Regions of Light and Love. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 172 She fixt A showery glance upon her aunt. 1897 E. H. Fowler Professor's Children (1898) iv. 74 ‘It was the kind of pit a boy would enjoy most,’ answered his father quickly, watching Oliver's showery face. 1907 Smart Set Nov. 20/1 Funny about women bein' so showery that way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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