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مِغْشَمٌ

Root: غشم

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مِغْشَمٌ One who goes at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, without consideration, whom nothing will turn from that which he desires, by reason of his courage; as also غَشَمْشَمٌ : or, accord. to Aboo-Riyásh, one who performs affairs [in a random manner,] confusedly, without discrimination: or, as some say, one who, when the road is unapparent to him, goes at random, without direction and without knowledge.
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