Rainy Monday

It was delightful to drive through the watery mist this morning. It's not really rain but it is damp and it does accumulate in modest puddles. With the drought, this area can use all the mist it can get!

The Encyclopedia Britannica Thesaurus has no options for the word rain.

The Oxford English Dictionary offers a plethora of quotations with the noun rain but no synonym.

(ren) Forms: 1 ren, ræn, 1-2 rén, 2 rien, 2-4 rein, (3 -e), 3 ren, 3-5, rayn, (4-6 -e), 3-6 reyn, (4-6 -e, ? 5 reynne), 4 rene, 4-5, 6 Sc. rane, 4-7 raine, 3- rain. [Comm. Teut.: OE. ren, rén = OFris. rein (mod. reijn), OS. regan, -in (Du. regen), OHG. regan (MHG., G. regen), ON. (Sw., Da.) regn, Goth. rign. There are no certain cognates outside of Teut.]

1. a. The condensed vapour of the atmosphere, falling in drops large enough to attain a sensible velocity; the fall of such drops.

It seems that rain stands alone. Either it rains or it doesn't......

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