Zephyr (noun)
zef-ur
(literary) a light, gentle breeze.
Late Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros ‘(god of the) west wind’. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th century.
Example sentences
“A gentle zephyr blown off the river keeping us cool.”
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