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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Siesta

(3 syl.) means “the sixth hour”—i.e. noon. (Latin, sexta hora). It is applied to the short sleep taken in Spain during the mid-day heat. (Spanish, sesta, sixth hour; sestéar, to take a mid-day nap.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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