leaperous

Adjective

leprous (comparative more leprous, superlative most leprous)

1. Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.
   • […] a dissenting minister […] came to this well, over-run with leprous eruptions on the skin, which had rendered his joints so rigid, that he could neither hold his bridle, nor feed himself […]1748, Philip Luckombe, A Tour Through Ireland, London: T. Lowndes & Son, 1783, Journey the Fourth, p. 324

   Synonyms:

   lepric, leproid, lazar, lazarlike

2. Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
   • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 4:6

   Synonyms:

   leprosed, leprosied

3. Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.

   Synonyms:

   lazarlike

4. Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
   • And why, except that it had moved everywhere with them and they regarded it as one of their possessions, had they kept the hatrack, its glass now leprous, most of its hooks broken, its woodwork ugly with painting-over?1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Prologue
5. (archaic, figuratively) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
   • My whole Life is so leprous, it infects
     All my Repentance: I wou’d buy your Pardon
     Though at the highest Set, even with my Life:c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV...
6. (historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.

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