efreet

efreet

English

Noun

efreet (plural efreets)

  1. Alternative spelling of ifrit.
    • 1936 December 4, Geo[rge] Beale, “The Arabian Nights (Concluding Article)”, in West Lothian Courier […], 67th year, number 3538, Bathgate, West Lothian, →OCLC, page 2, column 5:
      Then a few pages further on you come upon another member of the same clan as the Jinn—an Efreet. There is not much difference between them. I think the Efreet is bigger and uglier, and more ferocious than the Jinn.
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