leprous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   affected by or relating to leprosy

   The historical record describes a leprous patient isolated outside the town.

2. 2
   adj

   resembling the lesions, discoloration, or scaly appearance associated with leprosy

   Lichen gave the old statue a leprous, mottled surface.

From Middle English leprous, through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Late Latin leprosus ("having leprosy"), built from Latin lepra + -osus ("full of"). Lepra came from Greek lepra, related to lepis ("scale").

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