عَانِسٌ

A woman who has become of middle age remaining a virgin, (Lth, A, Mgh,) not having married; (Lth, Mgh;) or a woman who has not married, but waits, or expects, to be married; (Fr, TA;) or who has stayed long in the abode of her family after having attained to puberty, until she has ceased to be reckoned among virgins, and has not married; (S, O, Msb, K;) beyond the age of her who is termed مُعْصِرٌ; (Ks, S, O;) and ↓ مُعَنَّسَةٌ signifies the same: (Fr, Mgh, TA:) plural عَوَانِسُ and عُنْسٌ and عُنَّسٌ (S, O, K) and عُنُوسٌ: (O, K:) and the plural of ↓ مُعَنَّسَةٌ is مَعَانِسُ and مُعَنَّسَاتٌ. (TA.) And عَانِسٌ is applied in like manner to a man, (S, O, K,) signifying One who is far advanced in age and has not married: (Msb, TA:) and its plural is عَانِسُونَ. (S, O, TA.)

Also (assumed tropical:) A camel fat, and complete, or perfect, in make: feminine with ة: (O, K, TA:) or [the plural] عُنَّسٌ applied to camels means such as are above the بِكَارَة [plural of بَكْرٌ]; i. e. the young in a middling degree. (TA.)