E*te"sian (?), a. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. , fr. year: cf. F. 'et'esien.]

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.

 

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