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وَخْوَاخٌ

Root: وخ

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وَخْوَاخٌ A fat and fleshy man, whose flesh shakes: having a flaccid belly, and dilated skin; as also بَخْبَاخٌ: lazy; unwilling to work: lazy or heavy: weak: a weak coward: ad venerum impotens; as also بَخْبَاخٌ and ذَوْذَخٌ: qui se polluit, aut concacat, tempore coitus; as also نخباخ and ذوذخ.
2 Anything flaccid: and particularly a flaccid date: or a date having a flaccid skin: or a date having no sweetness nor taste.
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