غَشُومٌ
Root: غشم
Full Definition
غَشُومٌ
A man who strikes, or beats, people vehemently, [and wrongfully, ] and takes [from them] everything that he can get; as also
غَشَّامٌ and
غَاشِمٌ [except that the first and second are app. intensive epithets and the last is a simple part. n.]: and it is likewise applied to a fem., as, for ex., to a hand (يَدٌ): and to a striking, or beating, (ضَرْبٌ,) [app. as meaning wrongful,] as is also
غَشَمْشَمٌ . [One says,] الحَرْبُ غَشُومٌ [War is wrongful], because it reaches other than the committer of a crime, or an offence deserving punishment.
2 Also A she-camel that will not be turned back from her course, or way.
2 Also A she-camel that will not be turned back from her course, or way.
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