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reet

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See also: Reet and réët

English

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Etymology

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From eye dialectal spelling of right.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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reet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)

  1. (Geordie, Lancashire, Yorkshire) right

Usage notes

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Generally this spelling and pronunciation of right applies only in the adjective and adverb (see below) senses of the word and of the noun sense. Sometimes heard elsewhere in the North of England, especially historically, the word is now mainly Geordie.

Adverb

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reet (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie, Lancashire, Yorkshire) right
    • 2011, “Awterations” (track 14), in Bread and Fishes[1], performed by Houghton Weavers:
      Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: reet
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch rete. Equivalent to a deverbal from rijten (to rip (up)).

Noun

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reet f (plural reten, diminutive reetje n) (sometimes m)

  1. a ripped-up spot, tear; cleft, crack, crevice
    De kat krabde reten in het behang.
    The cat tore up the wallpaper to shreds.
  2. (vulgar) the butt crack, arse, anus
  3. (by extension, vulgar) the butt, behind
  4. (by extension, vulgar) (in geen reet nothing at all) nothing
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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reet

  1. singular past indicative of rijten

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Finnish

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Noun

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reet

  1. nominative plural of reki

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Old Irish

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Noun

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reet (gender unknown)

  1. (hapax) impetigo

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