Eric

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛɹɪk/

Origin

From Irish éiric.

Full definition of eric

Noun

1. A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
• 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:The court-poets of Wales ... could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.

Related terms

• eriach

Anagrams

• rice, Rice, RICE