/seuh rok"oh/ , n. , pl. siroccos .
1. a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
2. a warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain, occurring in the same regions.
3. any hot, oppressive wind, esp. one in the warm sector of a cyclone. Also, scirocco .
[ 1610-20; scirocco sharq east ]