E‐te″sian (?), a. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. �, fr. � year: cf. F. étésien.] 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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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.