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Definition of "leprous" []

  • Having leprosy. (adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or resembling leprosy. (adjective)
  • Biology Having or consisting of loose, scurfy scales. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "leprous" in a sentence
  • "What child now dares lose themselves among these rasping ghouls, whose shrouds come peeling off in leprous strips?"
  • "It is in fact a peculiarly rapid decay caused by a kind of leprous growth which nothing can arrest."
  • "Treat as leprous anyone who doesn't make you happy as in get you Famous."