Leprous synonyms

lĕp'rəs

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unclean
Ceremonially impure.
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scall (related)
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sick (related)
Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops:
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syphilitic (related)
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waxen (related)
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diseased
Unsound or disordered.
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infected
Referring to something that has received an infection
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Leprous Sentence Examples

  • They are indeed exceedingly beautiful; and yet the surrounding waste of hills is chiefly a barren repetition of sun-cracked crags and ridges with parched and withered valleys intersecting them, where a trickle of salt water leaves a white and leprous streak amongst the faded tamarisk or the yellow stalks of last season's grass.

  • St James's Palace, at the north side of St James's Park, was acquired and rebuilt by Henry VIII., having been formerly a hospital founded in the 12th century for leprous maidens.

  • In 1907-1908 a home for non-leprous boys of leprous parents was established at Honolulu.

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