أَهْوَجُ

A man characterized by what is termed هَوَجٌ; (S, L, &c.;) stupid, foolish, or having little sense: (JK, L:) or tall, with hastiness, and stupidity or foolishness or paucity of sense, &c.: (S, &c.:) feminine هَوْجَاءُ: (A:) [plural هُوجٌ.]

أَهْوَجُ الطُّولِ (tropical:) A man exceedingly, or excessively, tall. (A.)

Also أَهْوَجُ (tropical:) A courageous man, who throws himself into a scene of war. (A.)

أَهْوَجُ (tropical:) A he-camel that goes quickly, as though characterized by what is termed هَوَجٌ: feminine هَوْجَاءُ: [plural هُوجٌ:] or the feminine epithet only is used, applied to a camel; and you say نَاقَةٌ هَوْجَاءُ; (TA;) i. e., a she-camel that goes quickly, &c., as explained above; (S, K;) and that does not always care where she puts her feet on the ground. (A.)

رِيحٌ هَوْجَاءُ (tropical:) Any wind that blows violently: (IAar:) or a wind of which the blasts are closely consecutive, as though characterized by what is termed هَوَجٌ: or a wind that carries away the dust, and makes a trace upon the ground like that made by dragging the skirt: (TA:) or a wind that tears up the tents: (S, K:) plural هُوجٌ. (S.)