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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The canicular weather I suffered from in the south followed me even here.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
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)
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
By comparing two successive years they could of course have got at a sidereal year; but this is what they did not do; hence the irregularity which produced the canicular cycle.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
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
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