Plü'vi-oüs, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. pluviosus and pluvius, from pluvia, rain, pluere, to rain; Fr. pluvieux, Pr. pluios, ploios, Sp. pluvioso, lluvioso, Pg. chuvoso, It. piovoso.] Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.