canicular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to the dog days of summer
    • the canicular heat of the Deep South
  2. adjective relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)
    • canicular days

WordNet

Ca*nic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.

Webster 1913