precipitatory

[Apoclima]

Is there an adjective form, "precipitatory," or is this just a forward formation?

(As in a "precipitatory event")

It is quite common on the internet!

If there is an impending precipitatory event, and I have to operate a motor vehicle during the time in which that event will be occurring, then West Springfield will not have plowed, sanded, or salted a single road on whatever route I am taking.

Yet instead of taking a common-sense approach, the BCCI chose the precipitatory option of putting Ahmedabad in the itinerary.

Not that I trust people on the internet to use real words all the time!

Apo

[M. Henri Day]

For those unable to qualify the event in question as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, etc, an alternative to «precipitatory event» would be «precipitation», which has the advantage of being a recognised term in meteorology. But why restrict oneself to the use of one word when two will do ?...

Henri

[Apoclima]

Do you have a single word for "precipitatory option," Henri?

Apo

[M. Henri Day]

Do I need one ? I'm not the one that rains, snows, etc ; it's that famous «it» ! Besides, my objection was not to an adjective precipitatory», but to the noun phrase «precipitatory event»....

Henri

[Apoclima]

Sure! I understand your objection to "precipitatory event" used in the context of "precipitation," but what about its use in other contexts:

Precipitatory event = situation at hand

Anyway, this can all wait until the Doctor tells us if it is a word or not!

Apo