reechy

[ ree-chee ]

adjective

, Archaic.

, reech·i·er, reech·i·est.

1. smoky or sooty.
2. squalid or filthy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reechy¹

1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to reech (dialectal variant of reek ) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Alec Ross overtook us on the road, and brought a special little riding-camel (Reechy) for me.

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Mounting my little fairy camel Reechy, I “whispered to her westward, westward, and with speed she darted onward.”

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Reechy, who had not had half enough at the first place, would not go past this one.

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Cf. reechy (another form of the same word) in Much Ado, iii.

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