canicularadj.n.

/kəˈnɪkjʊlə/

Forms: Also Middle English caniculere, canyculere, 1500s canycular, canikeler, caniculare, Scottish -lair, 1500s–1600s caniculer.

Etymology: < Latin canīculāris pertaining to the dog-star, < canīcula little dog, dog-star, diminutive of canis dog. Compare French caniculaire.

A. adj.

1. canicular days n. the days immediately preceding and following the heliacal (in modern times, according to some, the cosmical) rising of the dog-star (either Sirius or Procyon), which is about the 11th of August; the dog day n.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > spell or season of > dog days

canicular days1398

canicularc1420

dog days1538

canicule1701

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ix. xv. 356 In the mydle of the monthe Iulius the Canicular dayes begyn.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxv^v/2 The Canycular daies be gynne y^e xv kalendas of august and endure to the iiij. nonas of septembre.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bvj^v In the canikeler dayes whan the leves begynne to fall.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 19 All the time of the canicular daies they [dogs] are most ready to run mad.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 225 Some latitudes have no canicular dayes..as..Nova Zembla..for unto that habitation the Dogge-starre is invisible.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 132 The extraordinary heat of the Sun..in the Canicular dayes.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Canicular days are computed by Harris to extend from the 24th of July to the 28th of August.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 158 In the canicular days or other hot weather.

2. Of or pertaining to the dog-days.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > relating to the dog days

canicular1577

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 95 In Iuly, before the caniculer windes.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. I2 The sunne..Afflicts me with Cariculer aspect.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 243 The Canalicular Habit of the Body.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. iii. 31 The canicular heat of Jerusalem.

3. canicular cycle or canicular period: the ancient Egyptian cycle of 1461 years of 365 days each, or 1460 Julian years, also called the Sothic or Sothiac period; in which time (as was supposed) any given day of the year of 365 days would have passed successively through all the seasons of the natural year (taken as = 365¼ days). canicular year: the ancient Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of Sirius to the next.

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the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [noun] > specific cycles

cynic year or period1607

Callippic1657

canicular period1662

1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 3 A canicular Cycle which consists of 1461 years (and are 1460 natural years).

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 122 This period of 1461 years is called the Sothic Period, from Sothis, the name of the dog-star, by which their fixed year was determined; and for the same reason it is called the Canicular period.

4. humorously. Pertaining to a dog.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective]

doggish1530

doglike1569

dogged1589

canicular1592

caninal1599

canine1623

doggy1852

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. 7 If mother Hubbard..Happen to tell one canicular tale; father Elderton..will counterfeit an hundred dogged Fables.

1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xiii, in Last Ess. Elia 265 Content with these canicular probations.

B. n.

†1. The dog-star; (plural) the dog-days. Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > small star > [noun] > dwarf > Sirius

Siriusc1374

canicularc1420

Dog Star1558

Orion's hound1590

Orion's dog1676

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > spell or season of > dog days

canicular days1398

canicularc1420

dog days1538

canicule1701

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 13 Er the Caniculere the hounde ascende.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy v. xxxvi At goyng out of the Canyculeres.

1727 J. McUre Hist. Glasgow 119 Scorching heats of the Canicular.

2. humorously. (plural) Doggrel verses.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry

doggerel1630

crambo1697

rhymery1822

poetasterism1823

poetastery1833

canicular1872

1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 207 Some caniculars or doggrel verses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	canicular
释义	canicularadj.n. /kəˈnɪkjʊlə/ Forms: Also Middle English caniculere, canyculere, 1500s canycular, canikeler, caniculare, Scottish -lair, 1500s–1600s caniculer. Etymology: < Latin canīculāris pertaining to the dog-star, < canīcula little dog, dog-star, diminutive of canis dog. Compare French caniculaire. A. adj. 1. canicular days n. the days immediately preceding and following the heliacal (in modern times, according to some, the cosmical) rising of the dog-star (either Sirius or Procyon), which is about the 11th of August; the dog day n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > spell or season of > dog days canicular days1398 canicularc1420 dog days1538 canicule1701 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ix. xv. 356 In the mydle of the monthe Iulius the Canicular dayes begyn. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxv^v/2 The Canycular daies be gynne y^e xv kalendas of august and endure to the iiij. nonas of septembre. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bvj^v In the canikeler dayes whan the leves begynne to fall. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 19 All the time of the canicular daies they [dogs] are most ready to run mad. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 225 Some latitudes have no canicular dayes..as..Nova Zembla..for unto that habitation the Dogge-starre is invisible. View more context for this quotation 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 132 The extraordinary heat of the Sun..in the Canicular dayes. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Canicular days are computed by Harris to extend from the 24th of July to the 28th of August. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 158 In the canicular days or other hot weather. 2. Of or pertaining to the dog-days. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective] > relating to the dog days canicular1577 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 95 In Iuly, before the caniculer windes. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. I2 The sunne..Afflicts me with Cariculer aspect. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 243 The Canalicular Habit of the Body. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. iii. 31 The canicular heat of Jerusalem. 3. canicular cycle or canicular period: the ancient Egyptian cycle of 1461 years of 365 days each, or 1460 Julian years, also called the Sothic or Sothiac period; in which time (as was supposed) any given day of the year of 365 days would have passed successively through all the seasons of the natural year (taken as = 365¼ days). canicular year: the ancient Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of Sirius to the next. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [noun] > specific cycles cynic year or period1607 Callippic1657 canicular period1662 1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 3 A canicular Cycle which consists of 1461 years (and are 1460 natural years). 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 122 This period of 1461 years is called the Sothic Period, from Sothis, the name of the dog-star, by which their fixed year was determined; and for the same reason it is called the Canicular period. 4. humorously. Pertaining to a dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] doggish1530 doglike1569 dogged1589 canicular1592 caninal1599 canine1623 doggy1852 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. 7 If mother Hubbard..Happen to tell one canicular tale; father Elderton..will counterfeit an hundred dogged Fables. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xiii, in Last Ess. Elia 265 Content with these canicular probations. B. n. †1. The dog-star; (plural) the dog-days. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > small star > [noun] > dwarf > Sirius Siriusc1374 canicularc1420 Dog Star1558 Orion's hound1590 Orion's dog1676 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > spell or season of > dog days canicular days1398 canicularc1420 dog days1538 canicule1701 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 13 Er the Caniculere the hounde ascende. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy v. xxxvi At goyng out of the Canyculeres. 1727 J. McUre Hist. Glasgow 119 Scorching heats of the Canicular. 2. humorously. (plural) Doggrel verses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry doggerel1630 crambo1697 rhymery1822 poetasterism1823 poetastery1833 canicular1872 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 207 Some caniculars or doggrel verses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1398
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