Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rain-some
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by rain or raininess; rainy

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Whereof ensued, that the burgessis were straictly kept in dures within the countie of Kildare, unto suche tyme as they were fayne to make fyne and rainsome, […]"
"Anuradha shook her head: she would never forget the relief she felt at Pallavi's words - I'm here, Anuradha - on that fierce, rainsome night."
"Wednesday Dec 10: A rainsome day today. I was to school. Marjorie read out of Bible as usual."
"It was a bleak, rainsome day, and I imagined how majestic the building must look in the sunshine, if it was already as spectacular as it was."

Etymology

From rain + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rain

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more rainsome (comparative) most rainsome (superlative)

Questions

What does rainsome mean?: Marked by rain or raininess; rainy
Where does rainsome come from?: From rain + -some.

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