غَلِيظٌ

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غَلِيظٌ Thick, gross, big, bulky, or coarse; as also غُلَاظٌ : fem. of the former with ة: and pl. غِلَاظٌ. Applied [to a body, &c.; and, as meaning Thick, or coarse,] to a garment, or piece of cloth. You say also, أَرْضٌ غَلِيظَةٌ Rough, or rugged, land. [And in this sense, of rough, or rugged, غَلِيظٌ is used in relation to various things.]
2 Applied to a colour [Dense, or deep: see غَضْبٌ]. (K in art. غضب.)
3 Also, applied to a man, Characterized by غِلْظَة, the contr. of رِقَّة, in manners, disposition, action or conduct, speech, life, and the like; rough, coarse, rude, unkind, hard, churlish, uncivil, surly, rough in manners, hard to deal with, incompliant, unobsequious, evil in disposition, illnatured, or the like: and so غَلِيظُ الجَانِبِ; [contr. of لَيِّنُ الجَانِبِ:] (O and K in art. فظ:) and غَلِيظُ القَلْبِ hard-hearted; evil in disposition, or illnatured. Applied also to an affair, meaning Hard, or difficult. And to punishment, [in the Kur xi. 61, &c.,] meaning Vehement, or severe; intensely painful. And [in like manner] to slaying and wounding. And to a compact, or covenant, [in the Kur iv. 25, &c.,] meaning Strong, confirmed, or ratified. And to water, meaning Bitter.

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