جُهَارَةٌ

[a verbal noun (see جَهُرَ)] Pleasingness, or goodliness, of aspect; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ جُهُورَةٌ (K) and ↓ جُهْرٌ: (TA:) [and a quality pleasing to behold: for] Abu-n-Nejm says,

وَأَرَى البَيَاضَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ جَهَارَةً

[And I regard fairness in women as a quality pleasing to behold]: (S:) and ↓ جُهْرٌ signifies the form, or appearance, or the like, and goodliness of aspect, of a man: (K:) or what pleases by its beauty, of the form or appearance or the like, of a man, and and goodliness of aspect: (S:) [and simply aspect, or outward appearance.] You say, بَنُونَ ذَوُو جَهَارةٍ Sons goodly in stature and in aspect: (IAar, TA:) or in stature and in cheeks: (K:) but the former is the more agreeable with authority. (TA.) And فُلَانٍ ↓ مَا أَحْسَنَ جُهْرَ How goodly is the form, or appearance, or the like, and the beauty of aspect, of such a one! (S, A: *) [or simply, the aspect; for] you say also, ↓ مَا أَسْوَأَ جُهْرَهُ [How evil is his aspect!]. (A.) And رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الجَهَارَةِ and ↓ الجُهْرِ A man goodly in aspect. (TA.) And فَعَرَفْتُ سِرَّهُ ↓ رَأَيْتُ جُهْرَهُ [I saw his aspect, and so knew his mind]. (A.)