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مَعْتُوهٌ

Root: عته

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مَعْتُوهٌ Idiotic, or an idiot, i. e. deficient, or wanting, in intellect; or one who has lost his intellect; or bereft of his intellect, or so in consequence of shame or fear &c.; without diabolical possession, or madness: also expl. as signifying possessed, or mad; smitten, or afflicted, in his intellect.
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