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لَدُودٌ

Root: لد

Full Definition

لَدُودٌ : see لَادٌّ.

def.2 لَدُودٌ and لَدِيدٌ A medicine that is poured into one of the two sides of the mouth by means of the instrument called مُسْعُط: pl. أَلِدَّةٌ: from اللَّدِيدَانِ signifying “ the two sides ” of a valley. It is said in a proverb, جَرَى مِنْهُ مَجْرَى اللَّدُودِ [It acted upon him, or affected him, like the medicine, or draught, termed لَدُود; i. e., unpleasantly, or disagreeably]. See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 282
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