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canicular days

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
canic-u-lar -days
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of dog days.

Archaic

Example Sentences

  • "A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice."

Etymology

Calque of Latin diēs caniculārēs (literally “puppy days”), from Canīcula (“the Puppy”), a semantic loan of Ancient Greek Κῠ́ων (Kŭ́ōn, “the Dog”) in reference to Sirius, which appears in Epic Greek as κῠ́ων Ὠρίωνος (kŭ́ōn Ōríōnos, literally “Orion’s dog”) in its elided accusative form κύν’ Ὠρίωνος (kún’ Ōríōnos) in Iliad XXII.29.

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Usage

Synonyms

dog days canicule

Questions

What does canicular days mean?
Synonym of dog days.
Where does canicular days come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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