جَاحِظٌ
Root: جحظ
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جَاحِظٌ
A man having the eyeball, or globe of the eye, prominent and apparent; or large and prominent; as also
, in which the م is augmentative. And جَاحظُ العَيْنَيْنِ A man whose blacks of his eyes are prominent. You say also, فُلَانٌ جَاحِظٌ
إِلَىَّ بِعَيْنِهِ, and
مُجَحِّظٌ , meaning Such a one is looking at me intently. (T, TA in art. زنر.) And جُحَّظٌ and جُحُظٌ, [which are pls. of جَاحِظٌ,] applied to men, signify Raising the eyes, and looking fixedly; or stretching and raising the sight; or opening the eyes and not moving the eyelids.
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