rainshower
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "A brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints."
- "Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower."
Etymology
From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rayne-shour, reġnsċūr