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belepered

belepered adjective: infected with leprosy.

Adjective

belepered (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Infected with leprosy.
    • Thus vvill I pull thy hayre, and thus I'le drag / Thy luſt be-leapred body through the duſt.c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act IV, signature H, verso

Origin of belepered

From be- + leper + -ed.

Questions about belepered

What does belepered mean?
Belepered means infected with leprosy.
What part of speech is belepered?
Belepered is an adjective.

Words near belepered in the dictionary

  1. Belenites
  2. Belenko
  3. Belenky
  4. Belenus
  5. beleper
  6. belepered
  7. belepering
  8. belepers
  9. beleric myrobalan
  10. beleric myrobalans
  11. belesh

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