ombrifuge

/ˈɒm.bɹɪ.fjuːd͡ʒ/

ombrifuge means A refuge from rain, especially an umbrella. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

ombrifuge is pronounced /ˈɒm.bɹɪ.fjuːd͡ʒ/.

Why “ombrifuge” is a great word

OMBRIFUGE — [Noun] A shelter or protection from rain, especially an umbrella. From the combining forms ombro- (from Greek ombros, "rain shower") and -fuge (from Latin -fugus, "repelling"). Coined in 1869 by Robert Browning. Unlike "bumbershoot" (a whimsical, colloquial term) or "awning" (a fixed architectural shelter), an ombrifuge is a portable, personal defense conceived with classical gravity. It is the taut silk dome raised against a city downpour, the steady drumbeat muted to a distant patter, and the dry, intimate sphere carved from the weeping world—a modest, human-made denial of the sky's indifferent weeping.

Etymology

Possibly a blend of ombro- + refuge or directly from ombro- + -i- + -fuge. Known to be first used by Robert Browning in 1869.

noun

A refuge from rain, especially an umbrella.“The belfry proves a fortress of a sort, / Has other uses than to teach the hour, / Turns sunscreen, paravent and ombrifuge.”