لُمَزَةٌ
One who blames, upbraids, reproaches, or finds fault with, others, much, or habitually; as also
لَمَّازٌ, or
لَمَازٌ, like سَحَابٌ: لُمَزَةٌ is applied to a man and to a woman; for its ة is to denote intensiveness, and not the fem. gender: هُمَزَةٌ and لُمَزَةٌ signify the same; i. e., one who speaks evil of others, or does so in their absence, though it may be with truth; (يَغْتَابُهُمْ; and this may mean [who detracts by making signs] with the side of the mouth, or with the eye, or with the head; TA;) and defames them; or one who often goes about with calumny, a separater of companions and friends: and
لَمَّازٌ, like شَدَّادٌ, a frequent, or habitual, calumniator, or slanderer: or هُمَزَةٌ and لُمَزَةٌ differ in signification; the latter signifying one who blames, upbraids, reproaches, or finds fault with, thee to thy face; and the former, one who does so in thine absence; and Lth says the like: or the latter, one who speaks evil of others, though it may be with truth, (مُغْتَابٌ,) behind the back; and the former, one who does so to the face: or the latter, one who speaks against the lineages of men; and the former, one who speaks against the characters of men: or the latter, [one who reproaches] with the tongue; and the former, with the eye: or the reverse: or the latter signifies one who excites discord, or animosity, between two persons. See also هُمَزَةٌ. And see the Ksh and Bd in civ. 1.
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