rainlight

noun

rainlight

noun

Etymology From rain + light.

1

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

  • 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:
  • The afternoon darkened and the spare stone towers of the villages paled in the rainlight.2012, David Mason, News from The Village: Aegean Friends:
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rainlit

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