لَعَسٌ

The colour of the lip when it inclines a little to blackness; which is deemed beautiful: (S:) or a blackness, deemed beautiful, in the lip (As, A, K, TA) and in the gum; (As, TA;) as also ↓ لُعْسَةٌ [which is likewise synonym with the former word in the other senses here explained]: (A:) or blackness [blending] with redness: and, according to El-'Ajjáj, ↓ لُعْسَةٌ is in the whole of the person: Az says, that لَعَسٌ of the complexion is a blackness thereof. (TA.) See also أَلْعَسُ.