خَمْخَمَةٌ
Root: خم
Form: R. Q. 1
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خَمْخَمَةٌ
[Verbal.Noun of خَمْخَمَ] i. q.
خَنْخنَةٌ, i. e. The [snuffling, or] speaking [indistinctly, through the nose,] as though one were
مَخْنُون [app. here meaning affected with the disease termed
خُنَان], or مَجْنُون [i. e. bereft of reason, or mad, insane, &c.; and this is another meaning of مَخْنُون], by reason of pride. [See خِمْخِمٌ.]
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