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مُوَسْوِسٌ

Root: وس

Full Definition

مُوَسْوِسٌ , with kesr, A man subject to وَسَاوِس [or diabolical promptings, or suggestions, of vain, or unprofitable, things, and thereby confused in his intellect, or disordered in his mind]: an act. part. n., applied as an epithet to a man, because he to whom it is applied talks to himself: and one also says مُوَسْوَسٌ, [or مُوَسْوَسٌ إِلَيْهِ,] like المَغْضُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ: or, accord. to IAar, one should not say مُوَسْوَسٌ.


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