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Sirocco
//sɪˈɹɒkoʊ// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand wordnet
- 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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