etesianadj.n.

/ɛˈtiːʒɪən/

Etymology: < Latin etēsius, < Greek ἐτήσιος , lit. ‘annual’, < ἔτος year + -an suffix.

a. The distinctive epithet of certain winds in the region of the Mediterranean, blowing from the NW. for about 40 days annually in the summer.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific region

etesian1601

tramontane1705

Slavonian1812

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 473 The Ides of Iuly, which are forerunners of the Etesian winds.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 102 The Etesian winde, which is obserued to blow euery yeare from the Northeast about the rising of Dog-starre.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 268 A Sheet of Lead, which an Etesian Wind blows suddenly down from the Roof of some Steeple.

1828 Lempriere's Classical Dict. (ed. 14) 304 Those winds are properly Etesian which blow from that part of the horizon which is beneath the north and west.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 123 A gentle and steady Etesian breeze carried them across.

figurative.1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 69/2 Had Dr. Bridges happened to be a vulgar sectarian..those etesian gales or annual monsoons..would have been hailed by Parr as the harbingers of a triumph in reversion.

†b. Hence, occasionally, applied to winds annually blowing from a particular quarter in other parts of the world, as the trade-winds, monsoons, etc. Obsolete.

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1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor vi. 17 Vessels..finding shelter in its port..during the etesian or contrary winds.

†2. quasi-n. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > north-west > specifically in Mediterranean

mistral1604

etesian1658

maestrale1813

meltemi1834

maestro1902

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 346 Whom they nicknamed the Etesian, because he continued in the place but 45 dayes.

1679 J. Evelyn Terra in Sylva 333 The protection of a thin Hedge, or Canvas Curtain..defend them from our then too constant and rigorous Etesians.

1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 561 These Eastern Winds (which I call our English Etesians).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	etesian
释义	etesianadj.n. /ɛˈtiːʒɪən/ Etymology: < Latin etēsius, < Greek ἐτήσιος , lit. ‘annual’, < ἔτος year + -an suffix. 1. a. The distinctive epithet of certain winds in the region of the Mediterranean, blowing from the NW. for about 40 days annually in the summer. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific region etesian1601 tramontane1705 Slavonian1812 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 473 The Ides of Iuly, which are forerunners of the Etesian winds. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 102 The Etesian winde, which is obserued to blow euery yeare from the Northeast about the rising of Dog-starre. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 268 A Sheet of Lead, which an Etesian Wind blows suddenly down from the Roof of some Steeple. 1828 Lempriere's Classical Dict. (ed. 14) 304 Those winds are properly Etesian which blow from that part of the horizon which is beneath the north and west. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 123 A gentle and steady Etesian breeze carried them across. figurative.1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 69/2 Had Dr. Bridges happened to be a vulgar sectarian..those etesian gales or annual monsoons..would have been hailed by Parr as the harbingers of a triumph in reversion. †b. Hence, occasionally, applied to winds annually blowing from a particular quarter in other parts of the world, as the trade-winds, monsoons, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor vi. 17 Vessels..finding shelter in its port..during the etesian or contrary winds. †2. quasi-n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > north-west > specifically in Mediterranean mistral1604 etesian1658 maestrale1813 meltemi1834 maestro1902 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 346 Whom they nicknamed the Etesian, because he continued in the place but 45 dayes. 1679 J. Evelyn Terra in Sylva 333 The protection of a thin Hedge, or Canvas Curtain..defend them from our then too constant and rigorous Etesians. 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 561 These Eastern Winds (which I call our English Etesians). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1601
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