Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَمْسُودٌ

Root: مسد

Full Definition

مَمْسُودٌ A man of well-turned, compact, and slender, make; syn. مَجْدُولُ الخَلْقِ; i. e., light of flesh; or tall and slender; or of goodly stature; syn. مَمْشُوقٌ; as though twisted; a belly soft, of small dimensions, even, and having in it no ugliness. مَمْسُودَةٌ, applied to a damsel; the same as the masc. applied to a man; slender; or light of flesh; or tall and slender; or of goodly stature: and, applied to a woman, compact in make; of well-knit frame.


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