فصح

5 تفصّح ذ (tropical:) He affected (تَكَلَّفَ) the faculty, or quality, of فَصَاحَة [q. v.] (S, A, TA) فِى كَلَامِهِ [ in his speech ]; as also ↓ تفاصح: (S:) or he made use of the faculty of فَصَاحَة: or, as some say, [but accord. to general analogy, this signification seems to belong more properly to ↓ تفاصح,] he affected a resemblance to those endowed with that faculty; [or made a show of فصاحة;] like تَحَلَّمَ as meaning “ he made a show of الحِلْم ” [i. e. “ forbearance, ” &c.; in which sense تَحَالَمَ is more commonly used]. (TA.) See also 1, latter part.