تفتّى

1.
He affected, or assumed, a likeness to youths, or young men: said of an old, or elderly, man; or one past the prime of life. (TA.)
2.
See also 2, in two places.
3.
And He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, generosity: and also he affected, or made a show of, generosity: (KL:) you say تفتّى and تفاتى [apparently as signifying the same: but more properly the former verb has the former of these two significations: and ↓ the latter verb has the latter of the same two significations]: both from الفُتُوَّةُ. (S, K, TA.)

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