شعذ
Q. Q. 1 شَعْوَذَ, (
A,
Msb,)
inf. n. شَعْوَذَةٌ, (
A,
L,
Msb,
K,) He practised the art termed شَعْوَذَة,
expl. below: (
A,
L,
Msb,
K:) as also شَعْبَذَ, (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. شَعْبَذَةٌ: (
A,
Msb,
K:) so some say. (
Msb.) [See what here follows.]
شَعْوَذَةٌ Legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand, (
A,
L,
K,) and false miracles, (
TA,) and fascinations, (
K,) or fascination, (
A,
L,) or a kind of play, (
Msb,) like سِحْر, (
A,
L,
Msb,
K,) making a thing to appear different from what it really is, (
L,
K,) or showing a man what has no real existence: (
Msb:) or making what is false to assume the form of what is true: (
TA:) as also شَعْبَذَةٌ: (
A,
Msb:) vulgarly termed شَعْبَثَةٌ. (
TA.)
b2: Also Quickness: or lightness, or agility, in any affair. (
L.)
b3: It is not a word of the language of the people of the desert. (
Lth,
L,
Msb.) شَعْوَذِىٌّ A messenger of princes or governors, (
L,
K,) who journeys on affairs of importance for them (
L) upon post-horses or other beasts appointed for their conveyance: (
L,
K:) so called because of his quickness. (
L.) It is not a word of the language of the people of the desert. (
Lth,
L.)
b2: See also what follows.
مُشَعْوِذٌ and مُشَعْوَذٌ A man who practises the art termed شَعْوَذَة; (
L,
K;) as also ↓ شَعْوَذِىٌّ: (
TA in art. عجب:) improperly called مُشَعْبِذٌ, and surnamed أَبُو العَجَبِ. (Eth-Tha'álibee,
TA.)
