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noun, plural si·roc·cos.
1.
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
2.
a warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain, occurring in the same regions.
3.
any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
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Sirocco
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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sirocco
"hot wind blowing from the Libyan deserts," 1617, from It. sirocco, from vulgar Arabic shoruq "the east wind," from Arabic sharqi "eastern, east wind," from sharq "east," from sharaqa "to rise" (in reference to the sun).
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