zephyr
noun/ˈzefə(r)/
/ˈzefər/
(literary)- a soft gentle windTopics Weatherc2Word Originlate Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros ‘(god of the) west wind’. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
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