What is "pluvious"

Pluvious \Plu"vi*ous\, a. [L. pluviosus, pluvius, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvieux. See Pluvial, a.] Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.
--Sir T. Browne.

a. Of or pertaining to the condition of heavy rain; rainy.

adj. marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days" [syn: rainy, pluvial]