Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَامِزٌ

Root: حمز

Full Definition

حَامِزٌ Sour, and burning, or biting, to the tongue, or acrid; applied to beverage, or wine: and milk that bites the tongue: or milk, and نَبِيذ, that burns the tongue by its strength and sharpness. You say also رُمَّانَةٌ حَامِزَةٌ, A pomegranate in which is sourness.
2 هَمٌّ حَامِزٌ Intense, or severe, anxiety. And حُزَّازٌ حَامِزٌ A wringing, or poignant and burning, pain in the heart, such as arises from wrath &c.
3 See also حَمِيز, in two places.


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