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
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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
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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
Precipitatory event = situation at hand
Anyway, this can all wait until the Doctor tells us if it is a word or not!
Apo
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