spree

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spɹiː/
Etymology

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper's Online Etymological Dictionary, "a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit "lively wit" (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spre seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath "cattle raid," from Gaelic sprédh, spré, "cattle; wealth," from Middle Irish preit, preid, "booty," ultimately from Latin praeda "plunder, booty"".

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