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جَاحِظٌ جاحظ A man having the eyeball, or globe of the eye, prominent and apparent; (TA;) or large and prominent; (S, TA;) as also ↓ جَحْظَمٌ , in which the م is augmentative. (S, TA.) And جَاحظُ العَيْنَيْنِ A man whose blacks of his eyes are prominent. (TA.) You say also, فُلَانٌ جَاحِظٌ إِِلَىَّ بِعَيْنِهِ, and ↓ مُجَحِّظٌ , meaning Such a one is looking at me intently. (T, TA in art. زنر.) And جُحَّظٌ and جُحُظٌ, [which are pls. of جَاحِظٌ,] applied to men, signify Raising the eyes, and looking fixedly; or stretching and raising the sight; or opening the eyes and not moving the eyelids. (L, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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