LEPROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leprous mean? 

• LEPROUS (adjective)
  The adjective LEPROUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or resembling or having leprosy

  Familiarity information: LEPROUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling or having leprosy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

leprosy (chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae)

Derivation:

leprosy (chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae)

 Context examples 

For one moment I had a vision of a horrible mask like a giant toad's, of a warty, leprous skin, and of a loose mouth all beslobbered with fresh blood.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)