مِلْحَسٌ
1.
(tropical:) Greedy; as also
لَحْوَس (K) and
لَاحُوسٌ and
مُلْحِسٌ: (TA:) and one who takes everything that he can. (K:) or a greedy man, who takes everything that he can: (A:) one who takes everything that appears to him: (TA:) [originally, a lick-dish:] and [in like manner]
لَحُوسٌ (tropical:) a man who seeks after sweets, like the fly. (A, K.)
2.
Also, (assumed tropical:) Courageous: (K:) as though an eater of everything that rose up to him. (TA.)