تَعَتُّهٌ
Root: عته
Form: 5
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تَعَتُّهٌV
signifies The being, or becoming, or the feigning oneself, possessed, or mad; syn. تَجَنُّنٌ: and the being, or becoming, foolish, stupid, unsound in intellect, or deficient therein, and lax, or languid; syn. رُعُونَةٌ. [تَعَتَّةَ بِجَارِيَةٍ, occurring in this art. in the TA, app. means He was, or became, infatuated by love of a girl, or young woman.]
2 Also The feigning ignorance.
3 And The feigning oneself unmindful, or heedless. One says, هُوَ يَتَعَتَّهُ لَكَ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ مِمَّا تَأْتِيهِ i. e. He feigns himself unmindful, or heedless, [to thee, of much that thou dost, or] of thee, in much that thou dost.
4 And The affecting cleanliness, and nicety, or refinement: and the exceeding the usual bounds in dress and eating. One says, تَعَتَّهَ فِى كَذَا He affected nicety, or refinement, and exceeded the usual bounds, in such a thing.
2 Also The feigning ignorance.
3 And The feigning oneself unmindful, or heedless. One says, هُوَ يَتَعَتَّهُ لَكَ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ مِمَّا تَأْتِيهِ i. e. He feigns himself unmindful, or heedless, [to thee, of much that thou dost, or] of thee, in much that thou dost.
4 And The affecting cleanliness, and nicety, or refinement: and the exceeding the usual bounds in dress and eating. One says, تَعَتَّهَ فِى كَذَا He affected nicety, or refinement, and exceeded the usual bounds, in such a thing.
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