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حمّض

Root: حمض

Form: 2

Full Definition

حمّضII , Verbal.Noun تَحْمِيضٌ: see 1, first signification.

def.2 [It seems to be also syn. with تحمّض, q. v.: for,
2 ] said of a man, it signifies أَتَى المَرْأَةَ فِى دُبُرِهَا, as though he shifted from the better of the two places to the worse thereof, by reason of preposterous desire: as also : opposed to أَخَلَّ [q. v.]. (TA in art. خل.)
3 تَحْمِيضٌ also signifies تَفْخِيذٌ in جِمَاع.
4 Also The giving, or doing, little of a thing. You say, حَمَّضَ لَنَا فُلَانٌ فِى القِرَى Such a one gave, or did, little to us in entertaining.

def.3 حَمَّضْتُ الإِبِلَ: see 4.
2 حمّضهُ عَنْهُ: see 4.
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