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leprous🔊

Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.

Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.

💬 Quotations
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.

📑 Synonyms: lazarlike

Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.

(figuratively, archaic) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.

(alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.

(botany, archaic) Covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking.

📑 Synonyms: leprose

(obsolete) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.