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reechy

[ree-chee]

adjective reech·i·er, reech·i·est. Archaic.

1.

smoky or sooty.

2.

squalid or filthy.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English, equivalent to reech (dialectal variant of reek) + -y¹

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