areek

/əˈɹiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"The place was areek."
"A messenger comes all a-reek Mordanto at Madrid to seek; He left the town above a week."
"In the morning, Thomas Mugridge being duly bribed, the galley is pleasantly areek with the odor of their [the flying-fish] frying;"
"Smoking shacks yellow with coal-oil light and areek with the sweetmold smell of splo whiskey."

From a- + reek.

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce areek?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹiːk/.

What does areek mean?

In a reeking condition; having a strong odour.

Where does areek come from?

From a- + reek.

How to pronounce areek

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