weather-wise
See also: weatherwise
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From weather + wise (“having wisdom”).
Adjective edit
weather-wise (comparative more weather-wise, superlative most weather-wise)
- Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
- (figurative) Skilled in predicting changes in conditions, such as of public opinion.
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
weather-wise (not comparable)
- With respect to weather.
- 1988, Richard Condon, Prizzi's glory, page 1:
- Early in December, a rotten day weatherwise, Charley Partanna, CEO of the Prizzi family, sat behind his desk
- 2000, Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir:
- Newfoundland is at the end of the line weather-wise, the last stop for storms that come across the continent or up the Atlantic seaboard
Translations edit
regarding the weather
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