etesian
/ɪˈtiːzɪən/
etesian adjective: pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
Adjective
etesian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- Is it from those etesian winds, or melting of snow in the mountains under the Equator […], or from those great dropping perpetual showers […]?, II.ii.3
- […] Dixon, assailed without mercy by his Sensorium, almost in a swoon, finds himself, on Nights of Cloud, less and less able to forgo emerging at dusk, cloaked against the Etesian wind, and making directly for the prohibited parts of town.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 77
Noun
etesian (plural etesians)
- A dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- [...] I have in England for ſome years paſt, kept by me an exact table, or Ephemeris both of the Vernall, and Summer Eteſians; but found the VVinds no leſſe Variable in thoſe Months, then at other Seaſons.1671, R[alph] Bohun, “[Of the Etesian, or Anniversary VVinds: Their Several Species]”, in A Discourse Concerning the Origine and Properties of VVind. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by W. Hall for...
Forms of etesian
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Origin of etesian
From Latin etesius (“annual”), from Ancient Greek ἐτήσιος (etḗsios, “annual”), from ἔτος (étos, “year”).
Questions about etesian
- What does etesian mean?
- Etesian means pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- What part of speech is etesian?
- Etesian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce etesian?
- Etesian is pronounced /ɪˈtiːzɪən/.
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