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siesta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Siesta  \Si*es"ta\,  n.  [Sp.,  probably  fr  L.  sessitare  to  sit 
  much  or  long,  v.  freq.  of  sedere,  sessum,  to  sit  See  {Sit}.] 
  A  short  sleep  taken  about  the  middle  of  the  day  or  after 
  dinner;  a  midday  nap. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  siesta 
  n  :  a  nap  in  the  early  afternoon  (especially  in  hot  countries) 




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