Word of the Day: PLUVIATILE


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin pluviatilis consisting of rain,
from pluvia (rain) + -atilis (-atile)


EXAMPLE
“…Take Hogges suet lb 6. Terebinthine which hath binne washed in pluviatile water & mixe the Quicksilver therwith…”

From: The Boock of Physicke
By Oswald Gaebelkhover
Translation by A.M., 1599

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