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rainful en · ADJ

Etymology

From rain + -ful. Cognate with Danish regnfuld, Norwegian regnfull.

Meanings

1. (rare) Full of rain.
   • He knew he had joined the underground to give a meaning to his last days on earth, only to culminate in this rainful night, bleeding to death. 1995, Carlos Bulosan, Epifanio San Juan, The Cry and the Dedication, page 284:
   • Gain of rain was also seen as the fluid of germination from the cosmic foetus in the form of the rainful cloud. 2000, Sadashiv Ambadas Dange, Images from Vedic Hymns and Rituals, page xiii:

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