sirocco

noun

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. (colloquial)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.”