leprousness

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leprousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F.
     l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
     Leper.]
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     1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling
        leprosy. "His hand was leprous as snow." --Ex. iv. 6.
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     2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose.
        [1913 Webster] -- Lep"rous*ly, adv. -- Lep"rous*ness,
        n.
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