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حَمْضَةٌ

Root: حمض

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حَمْضَةٌ Eager desire for a thing. It is said in a trad., الأُذُنُ مَجَّاجَةٌ وَلِلنَّفْسِ حَمْضةٌ; and in another, لِلْأُذُنِ مَجَّةٌ وللنفس حمضة; [both meaning the same;] The ear is wont to reject what it hears, not retaining it, when one is exhorted to do a thing, or forbidden to do it, while the mind has eager desire to hear: or the ear retains not all that that it hears, while having eager desire for what it deems elegant, of extraordinary matters of discourse and speech. This usage of the word is taken from the eager desire of camels for حَمْض when they have become weary of خُلَّة.
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