Simoom Definition

sĭ-mo͝om
noun
A hot, violent, sand-laden wind of the African and Asian deserts.
Webster's New World
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simoom
Plural:
simooms

Origin of Simoom

  • Arabic samūm from samma to poison from Aramaic sammā drug, poison śmm in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic سموم (samÅ«m, “hot wind"), from سم (sámma, “to poison").

    From Wiktionary

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