cold-of-countenance

Updated: May 1, 2025

"Zakar," that which betokens masculinity. "Barid," silly, noyous, contemptible; as in the proverb Two things than ice are colder cold: An old man young, a young man old. A "cold-of-countenance"=a fool: "May Allah make cold thy face!"=may it show want and misery.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03