‖motreën, noun

Origin:: 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.

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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