leprous
adjective/ˈleprəs/
/ˈleprəs/
(formal or literary)- affected by the disease leprosyWord 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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