a. rare–1. [irreg. f. Gr. ἄνεμ-ος wind, with ending due perh. to anemone, or to assoc. with diagon-al, phenomen-al, longitudin-al, etc.] Of or pertaining to the wind.
1851–9. Birt, Atmosph. Waves, in Man. Sc. Enq., 185. The third kind of anemonal movement.
