rainful

English

Etymology

rain +‎ -ful

Adjective

rainful (comparative more rainful, superlative most rainful)

  1. (rare) Full of rain.
    • 1995, Carlos Bulosan, Epifanio San Juan, The Cry and the Dedication, page 284:
      He knew he had joined the underground to give a meaning to his last days on earth, only to culminate in this rainful night, bleeding to death.
    • 2000, Sadashiv Ambadas Dange, Images from Vedic Hymns and Rituals, page xiii:
      Gain of rain was also seen as the fluid of germination from the cosmic foetus in the form of the rainful cloud.
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