Lep"rous (?), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F. l'epreux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See Leper.]
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, n.
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