pluvine

noun · 17th century

A dignified, Latinate way to describe being thoroughly soaked to the bone.

A rare term for a heavy, persistent downfall of rain.

In the wild

“The gardener retreated to his shed as the afternoon pluvine turned the lawn into a quagmire.”

Origin

Derived from the Latin pluvia, this rare coinage appeared in 17th-century texts to describe substantial wet weather.