rainlight

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noun

The dim light that occurs on an overcast and rainy day.

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Meanings

nounrainlight (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe dim light that occurs on an overcast and rainy day.

    The afternoon darkened and the spare stone towers of the villages paled in the rainlight.

    2012, David Mason, News from The Village: Aegean Friends
    1 more example

    This one was gentle, there was a little mercy coming down with the rain; the colours of everything were heightened by the rainlight; except for the holes of bright emptiness it was a day you could work with.

    1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder

Origin

From rain + light.

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Cite this entry
APA

rainlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainlight

MLA

“rainlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainlight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainlight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainlight.

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