Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

نَمِسٌ

Root: نمس

Full Definition

نَمِسٌ , applied to clarified butter, or oil, and perfume, and the like, and anything sweet or good, Bad, or corrupt, so as to be slimy, ropy, or viscous; altered. and had, in the manner described above: and ↓مُنَمِّسٌ, applied to أَقِط, [see 1, last signification,] stinking, or fetid.


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