عَلٌّ

Also [in the CK erroneously with damm to the ع in all the senses here following that are explained in the K] An emaciated tick: (S, O:) or a big-bodied tick: or a small-bodied one: (K, TA:) plural عِلَالٌ. (TA.)

And A man advanced in age, (S, O, K,) small in body, (S, O,) or slender, or spare; (K;) as being likened to the tick. (S, O.) And anything slender (دَقِيق, for رَقِيق in the K is a mistranscription, TA) in body, advanced in age. (M, K, * TA.) And A man whose skin is contracted by disease. (IDrd, O, K.)

Also One in whom is no good: Esh-Shenfarà says, وَلَسْتُ بِعَلٍّ [And I am not one in whom is no good: but the context seems rather to require one of the other meanings mentioned above: and another reading (بِفِلٍّ) is mentioned by De Sacy, in his Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., ii. 359]. (O, TA.)

Also A man who visits women much, or often, (K, TA,) and diverts himself with them. (TA.)

And A big-bodied, large he-goat. (K.)