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rainshower en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of rain shower.
   alt of rain shower
   • Under these circumstances, fair weather, with just scattered cumulus clouds in the afternoon, will prevail for about 2 or 3 days with very little, if any, rainshower activity 1944, United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division, Studies on local forecasting:
   • A brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints. 1993, P. M. Duff, Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology:
   • Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower. 2002, Jerry Holmes, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, page 308:

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