Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leprous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F.
l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
{Leper}.]
1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling
leprosy. ``His hand was leprous as snow.'' --Ex. iv. 6.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose. -- {Lep"rous*ly}, adv. --
{Lep"rous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leprous
adj : relating to or resembling or having leprosy
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