Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A powerful evil spirit or gigantic and monstrous demon in Muslim tradition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
afrit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
afrit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
ifrit .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Days when all that was right was wrong, and all that was wrong _was_ wrong, so that her women crept quietly, and Hahmed wondered sometimes if some "afreet" [1] haunted the soil and had taken possession of the soul of his beloved.
Desert Love Joan Conquest
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Certainly, if he did not disavow the child's bloodline rights, the kingdom could be in for a difficult and messy transi - tion, but that would not likely afreet Je'howith, who would probably be long dead by that time.
Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999
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“Why would an afreet leave a silver bangle?” the man next to me demanded.
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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“Why would an afreet leave a silver bangle?” the man next to me demanded.
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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They thought I was an afreet; I was fortunate to get away with a few bruises. ‘’
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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They thought I was an afreet; I was fortunate to get away with a few bruises. ‘’
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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Certainly, if he did not disavow the child's bloodline rights, the kingdom could be in for a difficult and messy transi - tion, but that would not likely afreet Je'howith, who would probably be long dead by that time.
Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999
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"You have proven yourself to be a neutral afreet," one of the other men spoke up.
Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993
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"Please, afreet …" The leader spread his hands, his meaning plain.
Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993
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"Now the tower in which Prince Kamar is confined hap - pens to be haunted by a female afreet, a supernatural being of the tribes of the jinn," the Computer Narrator contin - ued.
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Etymology: Arabic ʽifrīt
Date: 1786
: a powerful evil jinni, demon, or monstrous giant in Arabic mythology
Also seen as afrit
February 10, 2008