rainy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having a lot of rain.

   It was a cold, rainy afternoon, so we stayed home.

Common collocations

• rainy day Adjective + noun

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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