Definition of Scirocco

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sirocco) ¹

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Definition of Scirocco

1. sirocco [n -COS] - See also: sirocco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scirocco

scion
scions
sciophyte
sciophytes
scioptic
sciopticon
sciopticons
scioptics
scioptric
sciosophy
sciotheric
scioun
scious
scire facias
sciroc
scirocco (current term)
sciroccos
scirocs
scirrhencanthis
scirrhi
scirrhoid
scirrhosities
scirrhosity
scirrhous
scirrhous carcinoma
scirrhus
scirrhuses
sciscitation
sciscitations
scise

Literary usage of Scirocco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1880)
"They did not mind the scirocco which had been blowing all day, and which seemed to have disabled the inmates, ..."

2. Among the Berbers of Algeria by Anthony Wilkin (1900)
"CHAPTER XI GREAT KABYLIA Climate of Kabylia — A scirocco — The Beni Yenni and their Country ... scirocco ..."

3. Letters from the North of Italy: Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq. by William Stewart Rose (1819)
"... Venice—its Society, scirocco, $c. Venice, November, 1817- THERE are few places which present more conveniences as a winter-residence than Venice. ..."

4. Letters from the North of Italy: Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq. by William Stewart Rose (1819)
"... of Venice — its Society, scirocco, fyc. Venice, November, 1817- THERE are few places which present more conveniences as a winter-residence than Venice. ..."

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