Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خُرَجَةٌ

Root: خرج

Full Definition

خُرَجَةٌ and خَرَّاجٌ وَلَّاجٌ and خَرُوجٌ وَلُوجٌ (TA in art. ولج) A man frequently going, or coming, out and in: and the second phrase [and app. the others likewise] a man of much cleverness, ingenuity, or acuteness, and artifice, or cunning; a man who uses art, artifice, or cunning, in the disposal, or management, of affairs: or one who does not hasten in an affair from which he cannot easily escape when he desires to do so.


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