Sirocco

//sɪˈɹɒkoʊ// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

    "But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp."

  2. 2
    a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand wordnet
  3. 3
    A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat. colloquial

    "In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle."

Etymology

From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

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