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Webster 1913 Edition

Leprous

Lep′rous

(-rūs)

,

Adj.

[OF.

leprous

,

lepros

, F.

lépreux

, fr. L.

leprosus

, fr.

lepra

,

leprae

, leprosy. See

.]

1.

Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.

“His hand was leprous as snow.”

Ex. iv. 6.

2.

(Nat. Hist.)

Leprose.

–

Lep′rous-ly

,

adv.

–

Lep′rous-ness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leprous

LEP'ROUS

,

Adj.

[See Leper.] Infected with leprosy; covered with white scales.

His hand was leprous as snow. Ex. 4.