sirocco means A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
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- 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.”
- A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.“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.”