Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Etesian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Etesian \E*te"sian\, a. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. ?,
fr. ? year: cf. F. ['e]t['e]sien.]
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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