عَزُوفٌ

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عَزُوفٌ Abstaining from an affair, relinquishing it, or forsaking it, and turning away, or back, from it: or averse from it: [i. e.] عَزُوفٌ is syn. with عَازِفٌ , as also عَزُوفَةٌ [but in an intensive sense because of the affix ة], and عَزِيفٌ ; all as epithets applied to a man. You say رَجُلٌ عَزُوفٌ عَنِ اللَّهْوِ A man not desirous of play, or sport. And عَزُوفٌ عَنِ النِّسَآءِ Not desirous of women. And عَزُوفٌ, alone, signifies One hardly, or not at all, constant in true friendship.

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