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غَضِيضٌ ذ , applied to an eye, or eyes, (طَرْف,) Lowered: (A, TA:) contracted: having the lids contracted, or drawn near together, and so looking: contracted, and looking towards the ground: (TA:) languishing: (K, TA:) and so ↓ مَغْضُوضٌ , in all these senses: (TA:) and the former, so applied, [and app. the latter also,] having the eyelids relaxed, or flaccid. (TA.) You say, ظَبْىٌ غَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ A gazelle having languishing eyes. (S.) And إِِنَّكَ لغَضِيضُ الطَّرْفِ نَقِىُّ الظرْفِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [Verily] thou art faithful, not treacherous; by الظَّرْف being meant وِعَاؤُهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Lowered and lessened in estimation, dignity, or rank: (see غَضَّ مِنْهُ:)] defective or deficient [in good qualities]; (K;) and, in consequence thereof, (TA,) low, mean, or vile: (A, K:) pl. أَغِضَّةٌ (K) and أَغِضَّآءُ. (TA.) ― -b3- Lessened; diminished; made defective or deficient. (TA.) -A2- See also غَضٌّ, in three places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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