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leprous

lep·rous [ lépprəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of leprosy: having or relating to leprosy

2. white and scaly: resembling the physical symptoms of leprosy, especially in being pale or scaly
a leprous white deposit spreading across the cellar walls

[12th century. Via French< late Latin leprosus< Greek lepros "scaly" < lepos "scale"; from the white scales that form on the skin]
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