sirocco

noun /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/

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.

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.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sirocco (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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