rainful

English

Etymology

From rain +‎ -ful. Cognate with Danish regnfuld, Norwegian regnfull.

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.