*אִימּוּס, (contr. of אִמְאוּס = מִיאוּס; מאס) disfiguration. א׳ שירוף one disfigured by burns. Cant. R. to VII, 9 ונעשה א׳ ש׳ and he (Nebucadn.) became &c. [Tanḥ. Tsav. 2 (ed. Buber 3) ונעשה אֵימַת שירוף עליו and the fright (repulsiveness) of a burned face was put upon him. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII אמבירוס, read אֶמְפּוּרוֹס, ἔμπυρος, fire-scathed.]