Pluviophile (noun)
ploo-vee-oh-fihl
One who loves the rain. One who finds solace and comfort in rainfall.
from the Latin pluvia (meaning rain) and the Greek suffix -phile (meaning a person having a fondness for a specified thing)
Example sentences
“It hasn’t stopped raining since we got to Germany. Thankfully I’m a pluviophile so I don’t mind too much.”
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