Etesian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈtiːzɪən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Etesian is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
Meaning
Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
More Meanings
- A dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
Example Sentences
Is it from those etesian winds, or melting of snow in the mountains under the Equator […], or from those great dropping perpetual showers […]?
[...] 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.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- etesians
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yearly, eastern, aeolian, eoan, oriental, oromediterranean.
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