rainlight

English

Etymology

rain +‎ light

Noun

rainlight (uncountable)

  1. The dim light that occurs on an overcast and rainy day.
    • 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder:
      This one was gentle, there was a little mercy coming down with the rain; the colours of everything were heightened by the rainlight; except for the holes of bright emptiness it was a day you could work with.
    • 2012, David Mason, News from The Village: Aegean Friends:
      The afternoon darkened and the spare stone towers of the villages paled in the rainlight.
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