areel

English

Etymology

a- +‎ reel

Adjective

areel (comparative more areel, superlative most areel)

1. Reeling; spinning or moving unsteadily, especially from shock, surprise, or confusion.
   • 1899, George Warrington Steevens, In India, page 140:

     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.

   • 1954, Walter Karig, Don't Tread on Me, page 109:

     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.

   • 1995, Peter Davison, The Poems of Peter Davison, 1957-1995, page 226:

     Riddles sent him areel.

Anagrams

• Arele, Earle, Reale, earle