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leprose

adj
/ˈlɛproʊz/US/ˈlɛprəʊz/UK

Etymology

From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).

  1. derived from λεπρός
  2. derived from λέπρᾱ
  3. derived from leprōsus
  4. derived from leprōsus

Definitions

  1. Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.

  2. Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery…

    Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.

    • A small section of the genus, including T. Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves.

The neighborhood

Derived

leprosery

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leprose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA