afreet
or af·rit
[af-reet, uh-freet]
- a powerful evil demon or monster.
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Origin of afreet
1795–1805; < dialectal Arabic ʿafrīt < Pahlavi āfrītan creature
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Look upon him as an Afreet to be exorcised with a cross of red-hot iron.
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod)Elizabeth A. Sharp
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.
The Arab's PledgeEdward L. Mitford
Af'rit or Afreet, a kind of Medusa or Lamia, the most terrible and cruel of all the orders of the deevs.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
It seemed as if it might be a pillar of confinement and punishment for some Afreet who had defied Heaven.
OverlandJohn William De Forest
afreet
afrit
- Arabian myth a powerful evil demon or giant monster
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Word Origin
C19: from Arabic `ifrīt
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