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lazarlike

lazarlike adjective: synonym of leprous: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions.

Adjective

lazarlike (comparative more lazarlike, superlative most lazarlike)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of leprous: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions.
    • […] And a moſt inſtant Tetter bak'd about, / Moſt Lazar-like, with vile and loathſome cruſt. / All my ſmooth Body.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    leprous

Synonyms of lazarlike

Forms of lazarlike

comparativemore lazarlike
superlativemost lazarlike

Origin of lazarlike

From lazar + -like, q.v.

Questions about lazarlike

What does lazarlike mean?
Lazarlike means synonym of leprous: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions.
What part of speech is lazarlike?
Lazarlike is an adjective.

Words near lazarlike in the dictionary

  1. lazaridisite
  2. Lazarist
  3. Lazarists
  4. Lazarite
  5. Lazarites
  6. lazarlike
  7. lazarly
  8. lazaroid
  9. lazaroids
  10. lazarone
  11. lazarones

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