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خزعبل

خَزَعْبَلٌ خزعبل Stories that are held to be clever, ingenious, or elegant, (IDrd, K,) and at which one laughs. (IDrd.) خُزَعْبَلٌ خزعبل i. q. بَاطِلٌ [app. as a subst., meaning A false, or vain, saying or deed or affair or thing]; as also ↓ خُزَعْبِيلٌ : (K:) or, accord. to El-Jarmee, (S, TA,) the latter, (S,) or each, (TA,) false, or vain, sayings or deeds or affairs or things. (S, TA.) خُزَعْبَلَةٌ خزعبل خزعبله خزعبلة or خُزَعْبِلَةٌ (accord. to different copies of the K) A wonderful thing. (IAar, K.) And [the pls.] خُزَعْبِلَاتٌ and خُزَعْبَلَاتٌ False, or vain, stories. (Har p. 16.) خُزَعْبِيلٌ خزعبيل : see خُزَعْبَلٌ. خُزَعْبِيلَةٌ خزعبيله خزعبيلة A laughable thing; a thing that makes people laugh. (S, K) One says, هَاتِ بَعْضَ خُزَعْبِيلَاتِكَ [Give me some of thy laughable thingsor stories]. (S.)

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