مُتَشَبِّعٌ

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مُتَشَبِّعٌ One who invests himself with, and makes a boast of, more than he possesses; who invests himself with that which he does not possess; who affects goodly qualities more than he possesses; like him who feigns himself satiated, or satisfied in stomach, not being so: or he who feigns himself satiated, or satisfied in stomach, not being so: and hence, a lying person, who affects to be commended or praised for, or boasts of, or glories in, that which he does not possess. Thus in a trad., in which it is said, المُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ كَلَا بِسِ ثَوْبَىْ زُورٍ, or بِمَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ, [He who invests himself with, and makes a boast of, more than he possesses, &c., is like the wearer of two garments of falsity: or] accord. to A'Obeyd, it means [that such is like] the hypocrite who wears the garments of the devotees in order that he may be thought to be a devotee, not being so: or, as some say, the person who wears a shirt to the sleeves of which he attaches two other sleeves in order to make it appear that he is wearing two shirts: or [the wearer of the garments of the false witness; for] it is said that there used to be in the tribe the man of goodly exterior, and when false witness was needed, he bore [such] witness, and was not rejected, because of the goodliness of his apparel. [See also art. زور, in which this trad, is cited with a small variation.]

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