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leprous
/ ˈlɛprəs /
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Derived Forms
- ˈleprousness, noun
- ˈleprously, adverb
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Other Words From
- leprous·ly adverb
- leprous·ness noun
- non·leprous adjective
- non·leprous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of leprous1
C13: from Old French, from Late Latin leprosus, from lepra leper
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Example Sentences
She smiled faintly, and then a tear rolled down the leprous cheek.
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It has been given in obstructions of the liver and cutaneous affections of the leprous kind.
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But you and I, Gentlemen, let us thank God we are not officially barked about with such a leprous elephantiasis as that.
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Unhealthy, leprous-white was the skin, and there was not one hair, eyelash or eyebrow on the whole head.
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And he thought of the photograph on Petersen's leprous wall.
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