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عَضِلٌ

Root: عضل

Full Definition

عَضِلٌ , and accord. to the K عَضُلٌ, but correctly عُضُلٌّ , applied to a man, [Muscular, musculous, or brawny;] having many عَضَلَات or عَضَل [i. e. muscles]: or large in the عَضَلَة [or muscle] of his shank.
2 And عَضِلَةٌ, applied to a woman, Compact in flesh, and unseemly, or devoid of beauty.

def.2 See also عُضَالٌ.
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