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غَضِيضٌ

Root: غض

Full Definition

غَضِيضٌ , applied to an eye, or eyes, (طَرْف,) Lowered: contracted: having the lids contracted, or drawn near together, and so looking: contracted, and looking towards the ground: languishing: and so مَغْضُوضٌ , in all these senses: and the former, so applied, [and app. the latter also,] having the eyelids relaxed, or flaccid. You say, ظَبْىٌ غَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ A gazelle having languishing eyes. And إِنَّكَ لغَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ نَقِىُّ الظرْفِ, meaning [Verily] thou art faithful, not treacherous; by الظَّرْف being meant وِعَاؤُهُ.
2 [Lowered and lessened in estimation, dignity, or rank: (see غَضَّ مِنْهُ:)] defective or deficient [in good qualities]; and, in consequence thereof, low, mean, or vile: pl. أَغِضَّةٌ and أَغِضَّآءُ.
3 Lessened; diminished; made defective or deficient.

def.2 See also غَضٌّ, in three places.
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