areel

adj

Etymology

From a- + reel.

  1. derived from *krek- — “to weave, beat
  2. inherited from *hrehulaz
  3. inherited from *hrehul
  4. inherited from rēol
  5. inherited from reel
  6. prefixed as areel — “a + reel

Definitions

  1. Reeling

    Reeling; spinning or moving unsteadily, especially from shock, surprise, or confusion.

    • And when I turn aside in your garden, shunning your fierce black-and-scarlet petals to bring back my senses with English stocks and pansies, the sight of your Taj through the trees sends my brain areel again.
    • I scrambled dizzily to my feet, my mind areel at being so suddenly transported from a dream-world of terror to an actuality scarcely less frightening.
    • Riddles sent him areel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for areel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA