hyetologist
English
Etymology
From hyeto- + -ologist.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hʌɪəˈtɒlədʒɪst/
Noun
hyetologist (plural hyetologists)
- (rare) Someone who studies rain.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 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.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 343: