Note 594 — STORY OF THE TWO LACK-TACTS OF CAIRO AND DAMASCUS.[594]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
MS. vol. vi. 262–271. Arab. “’Adím al-Zauk” which the old Latin dictionaries translate “destitutus experientiæ” and “expers desiderii,” and it is = to our deficient in taste, manners, etc. The term is explained in vol. ix. 266 (correct my General Index “ix. 206”). Here it evidently denotes what we call “practical joking,” a dangerous form of fun, as much affected by Egyptians as by the Hibernians.