pluvial Definition
plu·vial (plo̵̅o̅′vē əl)
adjective
- of or having to do with rain
- having much rain
- Geol. formed by the action of rain
Etymology: L pluvialis < pluvia, rain < IE *pleu-, to flow, pour < base *pel-, to pour, fill > full, L pluere
pluvial Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- patter: With pluvial patter for refrain; I've smoked the very blackest clay; I watch the drops run down the pane.
- hypothesis: In Uganda the late 1930s saw the first stirrings of doubt about the pluvial hypothesis that Louis Leakey had so ardently embraced.
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