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عَجْرَفَةٌ

Root: عجرف

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عَجْرَفَةٌ : see عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ [which is probably syn. with it in all the senses of the former].
2 Also Coarseness, roughness, or rudeness, in speech: and roughness, ungentleness, or awkwardness, in work.
3 And Audaciousness, with هَوَج [i. e. foolishness, or tallness combined with foolishness or with foolishness and fickleness and hastiness]. And The venturing upon, or undertaking, an affair without having knowledge in it.
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