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argileh, n. Brit. |ɑːˈgiːleɪ|, U.S. |ɑrˈgileɪ| Forms: 17 argile, 18 argilé, 19– arghileh, 19– argileh, 19– arguileh [‹ colloquial Arabic argīleh, alteration of Arabic nārajīla (see narghile n.). Compare Turkish nargile. In quot. 1758 perhaps a variant (with metanalysis: see N n.) of narghile n.] Chiefly in Syria and neighbouring Arabic-speaking countries: = narghile n.
1758in E. Ives Voy. to Eng. from India in 1754 (1773) 271 An Argile, or smoking tube, and coffee, were..brought to us. 1852H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer Journey Viennese Lady xi. 185 We were always served with coffee, sherbet, and argilé. 1997Washington Post (Nexis) 2 May n10 The tobacco sits in a big bowl at the crown of a nearly three-foot tall arguileh. 2001Chicago Tribune 27 Aug. i. 6/6 Idle merchants hang out at Abu Amjad's coffeehouse, smoking the argileh. |