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دَعَرٌ دعر Bad, corrupt, or wicked, conduct; syn. فَسَادٌ, [in the sense of إِِفْسَادٌ,] (S, K,) and خُبْثٌ; (S, A, K;) and ↓ دَعَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دِعَارَةٌ and ↓ دَعْرَةٌ , or ↓ دَعَرَةٌ , (as in different copies of the K,) signify the same; syn. خُبْثٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and إِِفْسَادٌ; (Msb;) and vice, or immorality; vitious, or immoral, conduct; transgression of the command of God; or the com- mission of adultery or fornication: (S, A, K:) and treachery; and hypocrisy: (TA:) and ↓ دَعَارَةٌ also signifies illnature; or excessive perverseness or crossness: (Msb:) and ↓ دَعَارَّةٌ , with a sheddeh to the ر, evilness, or badness, in the disposition; (K;) as also ↓ دَعَرَةٌ . (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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