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خَفِرٌ خفر , applied to a man; (Msb;) and the same, (K,) without ة, (TA,) and خَفِرَةٌ and ↓ مُتَخَفِّرَةٌ , applied to a female, (S, K,) as also ↓ مِخْفَارٌ , (K,) as a possessive or an intensive epithet; (TA;) Bashful; or feeling, having a sense of, or affected with, shame, shyness, or bashfulness; (Msb, TA;) and grave, staid, or sedate: (Msb:) or very bashful, &c.; (S, K;) as also ↓ خَفِيرٌ applied to a man: (TA, from a trad.:) pl. [of the first, applied to a female, and of the second,] خَفَائِرُ. (K.)

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