ree

See also: Ree, REE, r'ee, and re'e

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ree (plural rees)

Alternative form of rei

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

rie (Scotland)

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)

(Now chiefly dialectal) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
- 1756, Calderwood, Margaret, “Mrs Calderwood's Journey”, in The Coltness Collections: MDCVIII-MDCCCXL, The Maitland Club, published 1842, page 222:
  "I saw,", says I, "he was a ree-brained divell, but thought nothing of it, as all the British are so when they come abroad."
(Now chiefly dialectal) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.
- 1839, Robertson, Joseph, The Book of Bon-Accord: or, A Guide to the City of Aberdeen, footnote, page 94:
  One of the witnesses speaks of having seen this sober judge "upon the bench, when he appeared to be ree, and as if he had been drunk the night before."

Synonyms

(frenzied): frantic, frenetic, off the chain
(half-drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

ree (plural rees)

(Now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
(Now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

Etymology 3

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

(obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, OCLC 13320837:
  After it is well rubbed and winnowed, you must then Ree it over in a fine Sieve , and if any of the Malt be uncleansed , then rub it again into the Sieve , 'till it be pure , and the rubbings will ariſe on the Top of the Sieve

Etymology 4

Probably from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree.

Noun

ree (plural rees)

(obsolete or Essex dialect) A small river or stream.
- 1768-9, Tobias George Smollett, The Present State of all Nations:
  The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral.

Anagrams

'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa.

Noun

ree (plural reë)

roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

reebok

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ree
Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

The roe, Capreolus capreolus.
Any deer of the genus Capreolus.

Derived terms

reebeen
reebok
reegeit
reekalf
waterree

Descendants

Afrikaans: ree

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën)

(now literary or dialectal) Alternative form of rede (“anchorage”).

Anagrams

eer, ere

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +‎ -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈree]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -ee
Hyphenation: re‧e

Adverb

ree

again

Derived terms

reen

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.e/
Rhymes: -ɛe
Hyphenation: rè‧e

Adjective

ree f pl

feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

-ere, ere

Latin

Noun

ree m

vocative singular of reus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)
Jean eh cooie da ree. ― Make it fit for a king.
Keayrt dy row va ree ayn. ― There was once a king.
My vees yn ree hene eh, cha nel kiart echey ayns Mannin. ― King or no king, he has no right to be in Mann.
T' eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin. ― He is descended from the kings of Mann.

Derived terms

lhiass-ree (“regent, viceroy”)
ree ny keylley (“oak”)
ree ny marrey (“herring”)
ree ruy (“bullfinch”)
ree yn laa (“the sun”)
shiast y ree
shirragh y ree (“peregrine falcon”)

Swahili

Alternative forms

rea
rei

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

ree (n class, plural ree)

(card games) ace

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rye, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi.

Noun

ree

rye

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 64