motreën, noun

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Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch motregen, mot mist, fine dust + regen rain.
Very fine rain.
1969 M. Benson At Still Point 119Listen — ‘motreën’ — that soft soft rain.
1979 S. Afr. Panorama Aug. 16The Cape winters with their..black oaks drenched with ‘motreën’ (rain as fine as mist).
1988 A. Dangor in Staffrider Vol.7 No.3, 86At dusk the rain came; the type of ‘mot-reën’ that lasted for days.
Very fine rain.
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