libeccion.
/lᵻˈbɛtʃ(ɪ)əʊ/, U.S. /ləˈbɛtʃ(i)oʊ/ The Italian name for the south-west wind.
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 706 Eurus and Zephir with thir lateral noise, Sirocco, and Libecchio . View more context for this quotation
1820 P. B. Shelley Let. 2 July (1964) II. 213 The Libecchio here howls like a chorus of fiends all day.
1821 M. W. Shelley in Dowden Life Shelley (1887) II. 395 After a whole week of libeccio rain and wind.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl ii. 314 The libeccio was blowing keenly as we crossed the square of Fiesole.
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