siroc

English

Etymology

From archaic French siroc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɒk/

Noun

siroc (plural sirocs)

1. Synonym of sirocco
   • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

     like the blasting Siroc of the sands,
     The ruin of the royal voice
     Found its way everywhere

   • 1809, Lord Byron, Stanzas Composed During a Thunderstorm:

     Full swiftly blew the swift Siroc,
     When last I press'd thy lip;
     And long ere now, with foaming shock
     Impell'd thy gallant ship.

   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC:

     I listened to every blast of wind as if it were a dull ugly siroc on its way to consume me.

   • 1876, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Test:

     These the siroc could not melt,
     Fire their fiercer flaming felt,
     And the meaning was more white
     Than July's meridian light.

Anagrams

• Corsi, coirs