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afreet
or af·rit
[ af-reet, uh-freet ]
noun
, Arabian Mythology.
- a powerful evil demon or monster.
afreet
/ əˈfriːt; ˈæfriːt /
noun
- Arabian myth a powerful evil demon or giant monster
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afreet1
1795–1805; < dialectal Arabic ʿafrīt < Pahlavi āfrītan creature
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afreet1
C19: from Arabic `ifrīt
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Example Sentences
And the Moor's face was white, and his features trembled, as though he had seen an Afreet, but my face was as a deep well.
From Project Gutenberg
Af'rit or Afreet, a kind of Medusa or Lamia, the most terrible and cruel of all the orders of the deevs.
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Look upon him as an Afreet to be exorcised with a cross of red-hot iron.
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It seemed as if it might be a pillar of confinement and punishment for some Afreet who had defied Heaven.
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