hyetologist

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English

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Etymology

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From hyetology +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hyetologist (plural hyetologists)

  1. (rare) Someone who studies rain.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 343:
      At sundown, when the moon is a bloody eye on the horizon, [...] the local hyetologist chants his rain song in a piercing clamorous falsetto.