sirocco

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Italian sciroccobor. English sirocco Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

1. 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.”

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

2. 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.”