afreet

Or af·rit

[af-reet, uh-freet]

noun

Arabian Mythology.

1. a powerful evil demon or monster.

afreet

/ əˈfriːt, ˈæfriːt /

noun

1. Arabian myth a powerful evil demon or giant monster

Word History and Origins

Origin of afreet¹

1795–1805; < dialectal Arabic ʿafrīt < Pahlavi āfrītan creature

Word History and Origins

Origin of afreet¹

C19: from Arabic `ifrīt

Example Sentences

This is an Afreet, and I am a man, and Allah has given me sound reason.

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Never to look into a mirror after sunset, for an afreet is sure to be peeping over their shoulder, and he may shew himself to them in such a very unpleasant manner as might frighten them to death instanter. 

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They seemed to her fanciful imagination the embodied spirits of the waste—the evil genii of the Eastern tale, which might at any time, unfolding, disclose an Afreet or a Ghoul.

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The common Egyptian spellings are afreet, in the singular, and afaareet in the plural, for spiritual beings, who are usually described by percipients as of pygmy stature, but as being able to assume various sizes and shapes.

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He moved along the echoless floors with a slow, noiseless shamble, until his dusky figure, advancing from the gloom, seemed like some reluctant afreet, compelled by the superior power of his master to disclose himself.

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