عَانِسٌ
Root: عنس
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عَانِسٌ
A woman who has become of middle age remaining a virgin, not having married; or a woman who has not married, but waits, or expects, to be married; or who has stayed long in the abode of her family after having attained to puberty, until she has ceased to be reckoned among virgins, and has not married; beyond the age of her who is termed
مُعْصِرٌ; and
مُعَنَّسَةٌ signifies the same: pl. عَوَانِسُ and عُنْسٌ and عُنَّسٌ and عُنُوسٌ: and the pl. of
مُعَنَّسَةٌ is مَعَانِسُ and مُعَنَّسَاتٌ. And عَانِسٌ is applied in like
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