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أَشْوَسُ ذ , applied to a man, (S, A,) Who looks in the manner expl. above, in the first sentence of this art.: (S, A, K:) or in whose look is known anger; or rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite; and pride: (TA:) or raising his head by reason of pride: (AA, TA:) fem. شَوْسَآءُ: (A, TA:) and pl. شُوسٌ. (S, A, K.) [Hence the saying,] بُلِىَ فُلَانٌ بِشُوسِ الخُطُوبِ (tropical:) [Such a one was tried with terrifying, or severe, calamities or afflictions]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also Bold, or daring, to engage in fight, and strong. (TA. [See also شُوشٌ: and see أَشْرَسُ.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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