(tropical:) An unlucky man; (S, K;) one who strips off prosperity by his ill luck; (A;) or as though he stripped off prosperity by his ill luck. (TA.)
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Also, and ↓جَارُودَةٌ, (A,) or سَنَةٌ جَارُودٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) A year of drought: (A, K:) or a year of severe drought and dryness of the earth; (S;) as though it destroyed men. (TA.)