Meanings
adjectiveantipluvial (comparative more antipluvial, superlative most antipluvial)
comparative more antipluvial · superlative most antipluvial
- rareCombatting or protecting one from the rain.
The best [umbrella] is a legend, a symbol, a mere mythical lance of anti-pluvial perfection.
1926, David Thompson Watson McCord, Oddly Enough, page 1091 more example
Johnson has taken measures to insure against an untimely deluge: that is, he has concocted a potent antipluvial fetish [...].
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 344
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