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Definition of Etesian
1. a. Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
Definition of Etesian
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. ¹
2. Noun. A dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Etesian
1. an annually recurring wind [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etesian
Literary usage of Etesian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1828)
"... statements of certain authors on the subject, sets them all right, and concludes
that the etesian winds blow sometimes from different directions. ..."
2. The Ocean, Atmosphere, and Life: Being the Second Series of a Descriptive by Elisée Reclus (1874)
"etesian WINDS. THE trade-winds, as we said, have not the same regularity on the
continents as over the seas. On the surface of the ocean the masses of mov- ..."
3. The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century: Before Christ: an by James Talboys Wheeler (1856)
"... IT TO THE etesian WINDS.—THEORY WHICH REFERRED IT TO MELTED SNOW.—THEORY WHICH
REFERRED IT TO THE RIVER OCEAN.—THEORY OF HERODOTUS, THAT IT WAS CAUSED ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"etesian WINDS (Gr. en/o-wt, from trot, year), the name given by the ancients to
the NE trade winds which blow for about 6 weeks during the summer throughout ..."
5. Recollections of a Classical Tour Through Various Parts of Greece, Turkey by Peter Edmund Laurent (1822)
"... OF THE ARCHIPELAGO—PIRATES—A HERMIT IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS CALMS —etesian GALES.
A FAIR northerly wind continued during our voyage down the Adriatic. ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1828)
"... statements of certain authors on the subject, sets them all right, and concludes
that the etesian winds blow sometimes from different directions. ..."
7. The Ocean, Atmosphere, and Life: Being the Second Series of a Descriptive by Elisée Reclus (1874)
"etesian WINDS. THE trade-winds, as we said, have not the same regularity on the
continents as over the seas. On the surface of the ocean the masses of mov- ..."
8. The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century: Before Christ: an by James Talboys Wheeler (1856)
"... IT TO THE etesian WINDS.—THEORY WHICH REFERRED IT TO MELTED SNOW.—THEORY WHICH
REFERRED IT TO THE RIVER OCEAN.—THEORY OF HERODOTUS, THAT IT WAS CAUSED ..."
9. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"etesian WINDS (Gr. en/o-wt, from trot, year), the name given by the ancients to
the NE trade winds which blow for about 6 weeks during the summer throughout ..."
10. Recollections of a Classical Tour Through Various Parts of Greece, Turkey by Peter Edmund Laurent (1822)
"... OF THE ARCHIPELAGO—PIRATES—A HERMIT IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS CALMS —etesian GALES.
A FAIR northerly wind continued during our voyage down the Adriatic. ..."
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