[He deemed, or esteemed,خَبِيث, i. e. bad, &c.]. كَانَتِ العَرَبُ تَسْتَخْبِثُ مِثْلَ الحَيَّةِوَالعَقْرَبِ [The Arabs used to deem impure, unclean, foul, or filthy, such as the serpent and the scorpion]. (Msb.)
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(tropical:) He deemed bad, or corrupt, a word, or a dialectic variant. (A, TA.)