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لَظٌّ

Root: لظ

Full Definition

لَظٌّ , or لَظٌّ كَظٌّ, A man hard, or difficult, in disposition; as also لَظْلَاظٌ : or a man hard, o difficult, in disposition, and treated with severity, or rigour, or straitened; as also مِلَظٌّ and مِلْظَاظٌ : كظّ is app. an imitative sequent. You say, لَحَدِيدٌ لَظْلَاظٌ إِنَّهُ Verily he is [sharp and] evil (زَعِر) in disposition.
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