Definitions
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Hot Sahara wind”7 letters
02“Hot desert wind”7 letters
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