caniculerare.|ˈkænɪkjuːl| [a. F. canicule dog-star, dog-days, ad. L. canīcula.] The dog-days. a1719Addison Let. in Student II. 89 More afflicting to me than the canicule.1819H. Busk Vestriad iv. 1000 Resembling more the baneful Canicule.1834Fraser's Mag. IX. 541 During the canicule of 1825.