canicular

American  

[kuh-nik-yuh-ler] / kəˈnɪk yə lər /

adjective

Astronomy.

1. pertaining to the rising of the Dog Star or to the star itself.

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canicular British  

/ kəˈnɪkjʊlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the star Sirius or its rising

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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

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

Noon, too, does not want its characteristic touches—the lightning-like glancing of the lizard's rapid motion: Come il ramarro sotto la gran fersa Ne' d� canicular cangiando siepe Folgore par, se la via attraversa;—Inf.

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

The canicular weather I suffered from in the south followed me even here.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

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

And now in the torrid heat of summer, the canicular days being at hand, the furnaces in the glass-house of the said Angelo have been extinguished.

From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)