leprous

Etymology
From, from , , , , and , (modern 🇨🇬), and from their  , from  +. is derived from, from (perhaps from  + ) +.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.
 * 2) * 1748,, A Tour Through Ireland, London: T. Lowndes & Son, 1783, Journey the Fourth, p. 324,
 * a dissenting minister came to this well, over-run with leprous eruptions on the skin, which had rendered his joints so rigid, that he could neither hold his bridle, nor feed himself
 * 1) Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
 * 2) Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
 * 3) Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
 * 4)  Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
 * 5)  Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
 * 6)  Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
 * 1) Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
 * 2) Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
 * 3)  Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
 * 4)  Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
 * 5)  Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
 * 1)  Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
 * 2)  Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
 * 3)  Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
 * 1)  Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
 * 2)  Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
 * 1)  Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.

Usage notes
Generally, the adjective leprous is used when speaking of people afflicted with the disease, its symptoms, or its transmission and is preferred when speaking of the disease itself.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَجْذُوم, أَبْرَص
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: ուրուկ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: leprozní
 * Danish: spedalsk
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: კეთროვანი
 * German: lepros,, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍃
 * Icelandic: holdsveikur
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin: leprosus
 * Old English: hrēof
 * Ottoman Turkish: پیس
 * Portuguese:

Arabic: جُذَامِيّ

Adjective

 * 1) ; having leprosy

Noun

 * 1) a leper