مُخَضْرَمٌ

[pass. particle n. of خَضْرَمَ]. You say نَاقَةٌ مُخَضْرَمَةٌ A she-camel having the extremity of her ear cut. (S, K.) And أُذُنٌ مُخَضْرَمَةٌ An ear cut. (Mz 49th نوع.)

Hence, as some say, (Mz ubi suprá,) A man, (K, Mz,) or a poet, (S, K,) who lived in the Time of Ignorance and in that of El-Islám; (S, K, and Mz ubi suprà) as though he were cut off from paganism to ElIslám; (Mz ubi suprà;) or from infidelity; (IB, TA;) as Lebeed, (S, K, and Mz 20th نوع,) and Hassán Ibn-Thábit, and Nábighah of the BenooJaadeh, and Aboo-Zubeyd, and 'Amr Ibn-Sha-s, and Ez-Zibrikán Ibn-Bedr, and 'Amr Ibn-MaadeeKerib, and Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr, and Maan Ibn-Ows: (Mz 20th نوع: [see also إِسْلَامِىٌّ, and شَاهِدٌ:]) or a person who passed half of his life in the Time of Ignorance, and half thereof in that of El-Islám: (K:) [I have generally found the word thus written;] but IB says that, according to most of the lexicologists, it is ↓ مُخَضْرِمٌ, with kesr to the ر; for the pagans, when they became Muslims, cut somewhat of the extremities of the ears of their camels (خَضْرَمُوا اذَانَ إِبِلِهِمْ) as a sign of their being Muslims in case of their being attacked and plundered, or their being made war with; (IB, TA;) and this they were ordered to do in a manner different from that of the pagans: (TA:) according to some, the epithet applied to a poet of the class above mentioned is محضرم, with the unpointed ح, [i. e. مُحَضْرِمٌ,] from الحَضْرَمَةٌ signifying الخَلْطُ, [like الخَضْرَمَةُ, as shown above,] because of his mixing paganism with El-Islám: (Mz 49th نوع:) or مُحَضْرَمٌ: (K in article حضرم:) and in like manner IKh explains the epithet ↓ مُخَضْرِمٌ. (TA.)

Also A black man whose father is white. (IKh, K. *)

And Deficient in respect of الحَسَب; (K;) meaning not of generous parentage. (TA.)

And One whose origin is suspected; or who claims for his father one who is not: (K:) and so مُخَضْرَمُ النَّسَبِ: (S, TA:) or مُخَضْرَمٌ فِى نَسَبِهِ means of mixed parentage. (TA.) One whose father is unknown: [or, apparently, according to the TA, whose parents are unknown:] or one sprung from [a succession of] concubines. (K.)

Uncircumcised. (K.) And, with ة, applied to a woman, Circumcised: (S, K:) or, as some say, cut, by a mistake of the woman operating, in a place not that of circumcision. (TA.)

Flesh-meat such that one knows not whether it be from a male or a female. (S, K.)

Accord. to IAar, who does not explain it, (ISd, TA,) it is applied also to food, (ISd, K,) ISd thinks (TA) as meaning Insipid; (ISd, K;) neither sweet nor bitter. (ISd.)

And Water between heavy and light: (T, K, TA:) or not sweet. (TA.)

See also خِضْرِمٌ.