(
A,
TA)
He made a show of being, or
pretended to be, bad, wicked, or
deceitful. (
TA.) And you say also
↓
تخبّث [either in the same sense, or as meaning
He affected, or
endeavoured, to be bad, wicked, or
deceitful; or
to do that which was
خَبِيث, or
bad, &c.]. (
A,
TA.)