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مَخْبَثَةٌ مخبثه مخبثة A cause of evil or corruption: (S, K:) pl. مَخَابِثُ. (TA.) So in the saying of 'Antarah, “ نُبِّئْتُ عَمْرًا غَيْرَ شَاكِرِ نِعْمَتِى
وَالكُفْرُ مَخْبَثَةٌ لِنَفْسِ المُنْعِمِ
” [I have been told that 'Amr is not thankful for my beneficence: and ingratitude is a cause of evil to the soul of the benefactor]. (S.) One says also, فِيهِ مَخَابِثُ جَمَّةٌ [In him, or it, are many causes of evil or corruption]. (A.) And طَعَامٌ مَخْبَثَةٌ (tropical:) Food that is a cause of heaviness to the soul [or stomach]; or of heaving, or becoming agitated by a tendency to vomit: or that is unlawful. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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