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Canicule

//ˈkanɪkjuːl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of dog days. archaic

    "In fact, the incompatibility of your nature, and that of the Spanish climate, must ever be present to me, who, during the vivifying heats of the late very bearable canicule, in your French château[…]"

  2. 2
    the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French canicule, from Latin. Doublet of chenille.

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