خَبِيثَةٌ خبيث خبيثه خبيثة fem. of the epithet خَبِيثٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- Also, [used as a subst.,] A bad, wicked, or deceitful, quality or disposition; and a culpable action: pl. خَبَائِثُ. (L, TA.) [Hence,] أُمُّ الخَبَائِثِ (assumed tropical:) [The mother of bad qualities &c.; meaning] wine. (T in art. ام.) See also خَبِيثٌ, last sentence. ― -b3- الخَبَائِثُ also signifies Those things which the Arabs deemed foul, or filthy, or unclean, and which they did not eat; such as vipers, and scorpions, and the برص [i. e. either بَرْص or بُرْص], and the وَرَل, and beetles, and the rat, or mouse. (L.)
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