Falling snow; new-fallen snow; long-fallen snow; snow after rain had fallen on it; refrozen snow... [language X] and [language Y] have a word for each of these. In [language X] (which I know better than [language y]) they have by my count sixty-two words for the various kinds, states, ages, and qualities of snow; fallen snow, that is. There is
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