طَامِحٌ

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طَامِحٌ [part. n. of 1: fem. with ة: pl. of the latter طَوَامِحُ]. You say نِسَآءٌ طَوَامِحُ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ [Women who raise their eyes towards, or look at, men]. And فَرَسٌ طَامِحُ الطَّرْفِ, and طَامِحُ البَصَرِ, and , A horse that raises, or elevates, his eye.
2 طَامِحٌ [without ة] is also an epithet applied to a woman, from طَمَحَتْ as syn. with, or similar to, جَمَحَتْ; [i. e. an epithet meaning That goes forth from the place where she has been accustomed to pass the night, in anger, without the permission of her husband; or that goes forth from the house, or tent, of her husband, to her own family, not having been divorced by him;] that raises her eyes towards, or looks at, men (تَطْمَحُ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ): or that hates her husband, and looks towards other men: a woman disobedient to her husband, resisting him, hating him, and deserting him.
3 Also A high, overlooking, mountain. Anything high, lofty, or elevating itself. And Anyone lofty, or elevating himself, in excessive pride. And one says قَلْبٌ طَامِحٌ إِلَى كُلِّ شَىْء [app. meaning A heart aspiring to everything]. (Lth, O, K, TA, voce شَنِقٌ.)

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