rainshower

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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rainshower (plural rainshowers)

  1. Alternative form of rain shower
    • 1944, United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division, Studies on local forecasting:
      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
    • 1993, P. M. Duff, Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology:
      A brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints.
    • 2002, Jerry Holmes, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, page 308:
      Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower.

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