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leprose

/ˈlɛprəʊz/US/ˈlɛproʊz/

leprose adjective: synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.

leprose: synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy
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Adjective

leprose (comparative more leprose, superlative most leprose)

  1. Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
    Synonyms:
    leprous, afflicted with leprosy
  2. Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
    • A small section of the genus, including T. Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves.1818, Thomas Nuttall, Genera of North American Plants..., volume I, page 208
    Synonyms:
    scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus

Synonyms of leprose

  • leprous
  • afflicted with leprosy
  • scaly or lepidote
  • particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus

Forms of leprose

comparativemore leprose
superlativemost leprose

Origin of leprose

From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).

Words formed from leprose

Questions about leprose

What does leprose mean?
Leprose means synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
What part of speech is leprose?
Leprose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce leprose?
Leprose is pronounced /ˈlɛproʊz/ (US).

Words near leprose in the dictionary

  1. leprosarias
  2. leprosaries
  3. leprosarium
  4. leprosariums
  5. leprosary
  6. leprose
  7. leproserie
  8. leproseries
  9. leprosery
  10. leprosie
  11. leprosied

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