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| lep·rous [ lépprəss ] |
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1. of leprosy: having or relating to leprosy
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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
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| [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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