Sirocco Definition

sə-rŏkō
sciroccos, siroccos
noun
siroccos
A hot, steady, oppressive wind blowing from the Libyan deserts across the Mediterranean into S Europe, often bringing dust and sometimes accompanied by rain.
Webster's New World
Any hot, oppressive wind, esp. one blowing toward a center of low barometric pressure.
Webster's New World
A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
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Noun

Singular:
sirocco
Plural:
siroccos

Origin of Sirocco

  • Italian scirocco from Arabic šarq east śrq in Semitic roots

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

  • From Italian scirocco = the south-east wind; (from Arabic)

    From Wiktionary

Sirocco Sentence Examples

  • The Sirocco Mary Jane is the ideal shoe for the woman on the go.

  • The mistral of the Riviera is entirely absent from Algiers, but in summer the city occasionally suffers from the sirocco or desert wind.

  • In Sicily and southern Italy the Sirocco occurs at all seasons; it is a dry, dusty wind from south-east or south-west.

  • Between May and September the sirocco, or hot wind of the desert, sweeps at intervals over the country, impregnating the air with fine sand; but in general, with the exception of the vicinity of the marshes, the climate is healthy.

  • As the earth of light has five tokens (the mild zephyr, cooling wind, bright light, quickening fire, and clear water), so has the earth of darkness also five (mist, heat, the sirocco, darkness and vapour).

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Words Starting With

SSISIR

Words Ending With

OCOCCO

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