canicular
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of canicular
Middle English, late Old English < Late Latin canīculāris of Sirius, equivalent to Latin Canīcul ( a ) Sirius ( cani ( s ) dog + -cula -cule 1 ) + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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So that henceforth let no man feare to take either easie purgatives, or other inward Physicke, in the time of the canicular, or dog-dayes.
From Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain by Rutherford, James
Its rectangular avenues—so wide that they afford no protection from the wintry blast nor shelter from the canicular sunshine, and as interminable as a tale in a weekly newspaper—tire me out.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
The canicular weather I suffered from in the south followed me even here.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
It was midsummer, but no words and no experience of other places can convey an idea of the canicular heat of Jerusalem.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
That is, under the canicular, or dog-star, and before the dog-star, purgations are painfull and difficill.
From Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain by Rutherford, James
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