غَثِيثَةٌ

, (S, O,) or غَثِيثٌ, (A, K,) The thick purulent matter, (S, A, O, K,) and dead flesh, (S, O,) of a wound. (S, A, O, K.)

And [hence, probably,] the former word, (assumed tropical:) A corrupt, or disordered, state of mind. (S, A, O, K.) So in the saying, لَبِسْتُهُ عَلَى غَثِيثَةٍ فِيهِ [meaning (assumed tropical:) I consorted with him (see لَبِسَ) notwithstanding a corrupt, or disordered, state of mind in him]. (S, O, L, TA. [In a copy of the A, لَسْتُ عَلَى غَثِيثَةٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) I am not in a corrupt, or disordered, state of mind: but the former, I doubt not, is the right reading.])

Also A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) that produces ripe dates without sweetness. (O, K.)

And Foolish, or stupid, in whom is no good: (O, K:) or foolish, or stupid: and also one who speaks that in which is no good. (TA.)