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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.
A pernicious wind that blows from the south east in Italy, called the Syrian wind. It is said to resemble the steam from the mouth of an oven.

Definition 2024


sirocco

sirocco

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Noun

sirocco (plural siroccos)

  1. 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.
  2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.

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  • 1896 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, vol 4 p 4286