Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُتَحَشِّفٌ

Root: حشف

Full Definition

مُتَحَشِّفٌ A man clad in old and worn-out clothing [such as is termed حَشِيف]: a man in evil condition; slovenly in his person; threadbare, shabby, or mean, in the state of his apparel: or dried up, and shrivelled: or having his garment tucked up.


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