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مُصِنٌّ ذ A man having a foul, or fetid, odour, such as is termed صُنَان; fem. with ة: and likewise applied to a he-goat when excited by lust. (TA.) -A2- And Elevating the nose, (S, M, TA,) or the head, (AA, TA,) from pride, (AA, S, M, TA,) or from anger. (M.) So in a verse cited in art. خفض. (S.) ― -b2- And مُصِنٌّ غَضَبًا Full of anger. (As, S.) -A3- See also 4, latter part, in two places. -A4- Also Silent. (TA.) -A5- And المُصِنُّ signifies The serpent that, when it bites, kills on the spot: one says, رَمَاهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِالمُصِنِّ المُسْكِتِ [May God smite him with the silencing serpent that kills on the spot whomsoever it bites]. (IKh, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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