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Definition of leprous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leprous

adjective
 
/ˈleprəs/
 
/ˈleprəs/
(formal or literary)
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  1. affected by the disease leprosy
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from late Latin leprosus, via Latin from Greek lepra, feminine of lepros ‘scaly’, from lepos, lepis ‘scale’.
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