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Webster 1913 Edition
Sirocco
Si-roc′co
(sĭ-rŏk′kō̍)
, Noun.
pl.
Siroccos
(sĭ-rŏk′kōz)
. [It.
sirocco
, scirocco
, Ar. shorug
, fr. sharq
the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca
to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen
.] 1.
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sirocco
SIROC'CO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sirocco
sirocco
English
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Noun
sirocco (plural siroccos)
- A hot southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- 1814 George Gordon, Lord Byron Corsair, i:14
- But come, the board is spread ; our silver lamp / Is trimm'd, and heeds not the sorocco's damp.
- 1814 George Gordon, Lord Byron Corsair, i:14
- A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
- (colloquial) 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 113:
- 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.
- (colloquial) 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 113:
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wind
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References
- 1896 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, vol 4 p 4286