Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَخْيوُلٌ

Root: خيل

Full Definition

مَخْيوُلٌ : see أَخْيَلُ.

def.2 Also A camel lacerated in his rump by a bird of the kind called أَخْيَل that has alighted upon it.
2 And hence, A man whose reason has fled in consequence of fright: a sense in which it is used by the vulgar; but correct.


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