لَعَسٌ
Root: لعس
Full Definition
لَعَسٌ
The colour of the lip when it inclines a little to blackness; which is deemed beautiful: or a blackness, deemed beautiful, in the lip and in the gum; as also
لُعْسَةٌ [which is likewise syn. with the former word in the other senses here explained]: or blackness [blending] with redness: and, accord. to El-'Ajjáj, لُعْسَةٌ is in the whole of the person: Az says, that لَعَسٌ of the complexion is a blackness thereof. See also أَلْعَسُ.
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