Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَسْوَاسٌ

Root: وس

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وَسْوَاسٌ a subst. from وَسْوَسَ; signifying, [Speech, or talk, that is indistinct: or low, faint, gentle, or soft: or low, &c., and confused: see 1.
2 And hence,] The soul's, or mind's, and the devil's, prompting, or suggestion,
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