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شَذَاةٌ

Root: شذو

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شَذَاةٌ : see شَذًا, in three places.
2 Also Sharpness.
3 And Strength, and boldness, of a man.
4 [Or] A remnant of strength: pl. شَذَوَاتٌ and [coll. gen. n.] شَذًا . (S, * TA. [See also شَدًا, in art. شدو.])

def.2 As an epithet applied to a man, Evil in disposition, sharp in temperament, that annoys, or molests, or hurts, by his evil, or mischief: in some of the copies of the K, الشَّىْءُ الخَلَقُ is erroneously put for السَّىِّءُ الخُلُقِ.

def.3 See again شَذًا, last sentence.
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