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مُعَكَّمٌ

Root: عكم

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مُعَكَّمٌ A man hard in the flesh, and كَثِيرُ المَفَاصِلِ [app. a mistranscription for كَبِيرُ المَفَاصِلِ large in the joints]; likened to the عِكْم: and, accord. to IAar, a boy, or young man, plump and pampered.
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