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خُبَعْثِنَةٌ

Root: خبعثن

Full Definition

خُبَعْثِنَةٌ , like قُذَعْمِلَةٌ, Big and strong; applied to a man; and a lion; and so خُبَعْثِنٌ , as in the phrase خُبَعْثِنُ الخَلْقِ [big and strong of make]; and خَبَعْثَنٌ : the first is applied as an epithet to a lion by Aboo-Zubeyd Et-Tá-ee: and [the pl.] خُبَعْثِنَاتٌ, by El-Farezdak, to camels.
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