Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F.
l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
{Leper}.]
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1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling
leprosy. "His hand was leprous as snow." --Ex. iv. 6.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose.
[1913 Webster] -- {Lep"rous*ly}, adv. -- {Lep"rous*ness},
n.
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