sunshower

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A form of sun shower — A rain shower which occurs while the sun is shining.

OriginEnglish shower ← Middle English sonne ← Old English sunne →
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Meanings

nounsunshower (plural sunshowers)

plural sunshowers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sun shower.

    There is a brief sunshower that curls my hair.

    2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 109

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  8. Englishshower
  9. Englishsunshower

From sun + shower.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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