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فَظِيعٌ

Root: فظع

Full Definition

فَظِيعٌ and مُفْظِعٌ and فَظِعٌ , which last is a possessive epithet, applied to an affair, or event, Hard, difficult, or distressing; bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly; excessive, or exorbitant: or excessively bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly.
2 And the first, Much, or abundant: so in the saying of 'Amr Ibn-MaadeeKerib, وَقَدْ عَجَبَتْ أُمَامَةُ أَنْ رَاتَنِى تَفَرَّعَ لِمَّتِى شَيْبٌ فَظِيعُ [And Umámeh wondered that she saw me such that much, or abundant, hoariness had spread in, or overspread, my hair descending below the ears, or upon the shoulders: فِى is app. understood before لِمَّتِى].

def.2 فَظِيعٌ applied to water signifies Sweet: or clear; limpid; or cool, sweet, and clear or limpid.
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