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Definition of: leprous
(lep′rəs) adjective
1. Affected with leprosy; unclean.
2. Scalelike; scurfy; covered with scales; leprose. Also lep′er·ous (-ər·əs). [<OF lepros, leprous <LL leprosus <L lepra. See LEPER.]
—lep′rous·ly adverb
—lep′rous·ness noun
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