[Arab. ’ifrīt.] An evil demon or monster of Mohammedan mythology.

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1802.  Southey, Thalaba, XII. xix. Wks. IV. 431. Fit warden of the sorcery-gate, A rebel Afreet lay.

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1813.  Byron, Giaour, 784. Then stalking to thy sullen grave, Go—and with Gouls and Afrits rave.

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1844.  Disraeli, Coningsby, IV. ii. 115. Habitants more wondrous than Afrite or Peri.

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