Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُعَنَّنٌ

Root: عن

Full Definition

مُعَنَّنٌ : see عِنِّينٌ:
2 and see also مُعَنًّى, in art. عنو.

def.2 مُعَنَّنَةُ الخَلْقِ A girl, or young woman, compact in make; [as though] compactly twisted like the عِنَان [or rein]: and a woman compact in make, not flabby in the belly.

def.3 See also عُنَّةٌ, near the middle.


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