Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَنُونٌ

Root: عن

Full Definition

عَنُونٌ and عَانٌّ One who presents, or opposes, himself, with meddling, or impertinent, speech; with speech respecting that which does not concern him: pl. [of the former agreeably with analogy] عُنُنٌ.
2 And the former, A beast (دَابَّة) that precedes in journeying, or progress; that vies with the [other] beasts in journeying, or progress, and precedes them; and applied to a wild ass in this sense.


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