Sirocco

Definitions

1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“But come⟳, the board⟳ is spread⟳; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.”

“Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die⟳ Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns.”

“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.”

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