raindroplet

English

Etymology

Blend of raindrop +‎ droplet (in view of the fact that raindrop is attested since Old English). By surface analysis, raindrop +‎ -let or rain +‎ droplet.

Noun

raindroplet (plural raindroplets)

  1. A single droplet of rainwater.
    • 1980, William Horwood, “Siabod”, in Duncton Wood, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 439:
      The ground rose very slightly. She pressed on and then she ran straight into them. Not one, not two, not ten, but dozens of wood anemones, their green leaves perfect, their white and purple flowers half open and bespattered with shining raindroplets.
    • 2000, Blánaid McKinney, “The Gold of Tolosa”, in Big Mouth, London: Phoenix House, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 18:
      Her hair was webbed by thousands of tiny raindroplets, which sparkled dully in the electric light.
    • 2000, Andrea Hollander Budy, “On High Street”, in Laure-Anne Bosselaar, editor, Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 151:
      She speaks with her hands, and raindroplets bead on her brow.
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