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رَمَّازٌ

Root: رمز

Full Definition

رَمَّازٌ [Making frequent signs, in one or other of the manners described above; like رَمُوزٌ]. You say, اِمْرَأَةٌ رَمَّازَةٌ A woman who makes frequent signs. &c.; who has a habit of doing so; syn. غَمَّازَةٌ. And جَارِيَةٌ غَمَّازَةٌ بِيَدِهَا هَمَّازَةٌ بِعَيْنِهَا لَمَّازَةٌ بِفَمِهَا رَمَّازَةٌ بِحَاجِبِهَا [A girl who makes frequent signs with her hand or arm, who does the like with her eye, who does the like with her mouth, who does the like with her eyebrow].
2 Hence, رَمَّازَةٌ signifies [also] An adulteress, or a fornicatress: a prostitute: because she makes signs with her eye. [See also زَمَّارَةٌ.]
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