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leprous

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lep·rous  (lprs)
adj.
1. Having leprosy.
2. Of, relating to, or resembling leprosy.
3. Biology Having or consisting of loose, scurfy scales.
[Middle English leprus, from Old French lepros, from Late Latin leprsus, from lepra, leprosy; see leper.]
leprous·ly adv.
leprous·ness n.
leprous [ˈlɛprəs]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) having leprosy
2. (Medicine / Pathology) relating to or resembling leprosy
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology a less common word for leprose
[from Old French, from Late Latin leprosus, from lepra leper]
leprously  adv
leprousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.leprous - relating to or resembling or having leprosy
Translations
leprous [ˈleprəs] ADJ → leproso
leprous
adj → leprös, aussätzig (old)
leprous [ˈlɛprəs] adj → lebbroso/a
leprous [ˈlɛprəs] adj → lebbroso/a


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When the Lord sends the curse of leprosy or pestilence into a family, every one flies and shuns the abode of the leprous or plague-stricken.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
For the white leprous face of the sphinx was towards it.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Every day the police net would drag hundreds of them off the streets, and in the detention hospital you might see them, herded together in a miniature inferno, with hideous, beastly faces, bloated and leprous with disease, laughing, shouting, screaming in all stages of drunkenness, barking like dogs, gibbering like apes, raving and tearing themselves in delirium.
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