siesta

Definition

A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.

Example Sentences

• "One humid afternoon a visitor did arrive to disturb Rottcodd as he lay deeply hammocked, for his siesta was broken sharply by a rattling of the door handle […]"
• "When it's time for siesta, you can watch them go by / Beautiful faces, no cares in this world"
• "Lest we think all of this is due to the proverbial inefficiency of the Latin American - 'siesta people' - we can see some of these signs, perhaps in a less dramatic way, in European societies and in the celebrated 'tigers' of South East Asia."