فَضْفَاضٌ

Root: فض

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فَضْفَاضٌ Wide, or ample: in this sense applied to a garment; and to a دِرْع; the درع [or shift] of a woman, and the درع [i. e. coat of mail] used in war; as also فَضْفَاضَةٌ, and فُضَافِضَةٌ ; and to the means of subsistence: also much, or abundant, and ample: and [in this sense] applied to water. فَضْفَاضُ الرِّدَآءِ وَالبَدَنِ, in a trad. of Sateeh, means Liberal, or generous, in disposition: or a large giver: and رَجُلٌ فَضْفَاضٌ means a man who gives much; likened to water to which the same epithet is applied. You say also, جَارِيَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ A fleshy, corpulent, tall, girl. And سَحَابَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ A cloud abounding with rain. And أَرْضٌ فَضْفَاضٌ Land overspread with water from abundance of rain.

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