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Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹiː/
  1. Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.

    dialectal
  2. Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

noun/ɹiː/
  1. A state of befuddlement; intoxication.

    dialectal
  2. A state of great excitement or frenzy.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

verb/ɹiː/
  1. To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.

    dialectal · intransitive
  2. To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

verb/ɹiː/
  1. To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

noun/ɹiː/
  1. A small river or stream.

    Essex · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree. Alternatively, perhaps a variant (like rye, found in the placename Rye) of rith.

noun/ɹiː/
  1. A period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year.

    Scotland · Shetland · especially
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hríð (“storm”), whence also Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“period with harsh weather”).

noun/ɹiː/
  1. Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”).

    alt-of · alternative
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