عَارٌ

A disgrace; a shame; a thing that occasions one's being reviled; a vice, or fault, or the like; (S, O;) a thing for which one is, or is to be, blamed, or dispraised; (B, in TA, article عور;) anything that necessarily occasions blame or reproach, (Msb, K,) or disgrace: (Msb:) plural أَعْيَارٌ: (TA:) and ↓ مَعَايِرُ, (S, O, K,) of which the singular is apparently ↓ مَعْيَرَةٌ, (O,) [is synonym with أَعْيَارٌ, for it] signifies things for which one is, or is to be, blamed, upbraided, reproached, or found fault with; synonym مَعَايِبُ. (S, O, K.)