Inflected forms: pl. si·roc·cos 1. A hot humid south or southeast wind of southern Italy, Sicily, and the Mediterranean islands, originating in the Sahara Desert as a dry dusty wind but becoming moist as it passes over the Mediterranean. 2. A hot or warm southerly wind, especially one moving toward a low barometric pressure center.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, from Arabic arq, east. See rq in Appendix II.
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