libeccio

British  

/ lɪˈbɛtʃɪəʊ, lɪˈbɛkɪəʊ /

noun

1. a strong westerly or southwesterly wind blowing onto the W coast of Corsica

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Etymology

Origin of libeccio

Italian, via Latin, from Greek libs

Example Sentences

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libeccio

I have seen the oak fall, . . . dried up by the libeccio.

From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)

When we reached the little quay we found the surf of the libeccio still rolling heavily into the gulf.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

At night the wild libeccio still rose, with floods of rain and lightning poured upon the waste.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

For days when the libeccio blows, and one does not mind wasting a whole morning over one terrible bit of multiplication.'

From Vestigia Vol. I. by Fleming, George