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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scientific knowledge of rain; also, a treatise or discourse about rain.
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trivet commented on the word ombrology
The study of rain.
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Are you sure this isn't the study of retired Crayola colors?
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
I think that's crayology, reesetee.
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the word ombrology
I concur. Might be confused with astacology, though.
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Nah. Crayology is the study of enormously large, room-sized supercomputers, isn't it?
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
No, no, that's eniacology, reesetee. You're confused. ;)
Trivet, I thought astacology was the study of the dog in "The Thin Man" movies. Isn't it?
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
I don't think so. Eniacology is, of course, the study of ethereal-sounding Irish music.
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
No, no. That's clannadology. Eeeeeniacology is pronounced with a long e, that's why it's confusing.
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Wrong again! Good heavens; where did you go to school? Clannadology is the study of large groups of Scottish people who collect dolls.
March 6, 2007
trivet commented on the word ombrology
Oh, my. I think all of these pseudologies should go on AbraxasZugzwang's wordization list. That goes for vexiology, too, however accidental.
March 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
And anyway, I thought ombrology was the study of hombres.
March 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Maybe, but somebody got the H out of there. ;-)
March 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
You know, though, this makes sense. When it looks like rain, I always reach for my ombrella. Sometimes, if it looks *really* rainy, I reach for my hombrella.
March 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Yes, umbrellas! In retired Crayola colors.
March 8, 2007
oroboros commented on the word ombrology
...and when heavy mist threatens, I grab my trusty omburg. Unfortunately it only comes in gray and burnt omber...not very exciting Crayola colors. I tried magic markers but they just can't make much headway against the former, and none at all against the latter...
June 24, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
So... wait. Is this a real word?
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ombrology
Yep. See poor trivet's first comment, below.
October 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ombrology
Oh. Oh dear. *hides face*
October 13, 2007
bilby commented on the word ombrology
It's not raining now.
October 19, 2008
john commented on the word ombrology
For students of ombrology, this site answers the most important question.
October 19, 2008