Leprous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F.
     l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
     {Leper}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling
        leprosy. "His hand was leprous as snow." --Ex. iv. 6.


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     2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Lep"rous*ly}, adv. -- {Lep"rous*ness},
        n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leprous
       adj : relating to or resembling or having leprosy

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "leprous":
     allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous,
     chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous,
     encephalitic, epileptic, laryngitic, luetic, malarial, malignant,
     measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, palsied, paralytic,
     phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic,
     rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, tabetic, tabid,
     tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous