Definition of "afreet" []

• A powerful evil spirit or gigantic and monstrous demon in Arabic mythology. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "They thought I was an afreet; I was fortunate to get away with a few bruises. ‘’"