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reechy

/ˈɹiːt͡ʃi/

reechy adjective: smoky, dirty, squalid.

Adjective

reechy

  1. Smoky, dirty, squalid.
    • BORACHIO. Seest thou not, I say, what a deformed thief this fashion is? how giddily he turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five-and-thirty? sometime fashioning them like Pharaoh's soldiers in the reechy painting; sometime like god Bel's priests in the old church-window; sometime...1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Let the bloat King tempt you again to bed
      Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his mouse
      And let him for a pair of reechy kisses,
      Or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers,
      Make you to ravel all this matter out
      That I essentially am not in madness
      But mad in craft.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Origin of reechy

From reech + -y.

Words that rhyme with reechy

Questions about reechy

What does reechy mean?
Reechy means smoky, dirty, squalid.
What part of speech is reechy?
Reechy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce reechy?
Reechy is pronounced /ˈɹiːt͡ʃi/.

Words near reechy in the dictionary

  1. reecho
  2. reechoed
  3. reechoes
  4. reechoing
  5. reechos
  6. reechy
  7. reed
  8. reed bed
  9. reed beds
  10. reed bunting
  11. reed buntings

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