leprous
suomi-englanti sanakirjaleprous englannista suomeksi
lepraa sairastava, spitaalinen
Substantiivi
leprous englanniksi
Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
(synonyms)
(RQ:KJV)
1748, (w), ''A Tour Through Ireland'', London: T. Lowndes & Son, 1783, Journey the Fourth, p. 324,https://books.google.ca/books?id=BGA_AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
- (..) 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 (..)
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Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
{{quote-text|en|year=1961|author=V. S. Naipaul|title=A House for Mr Biswas|publisher=Vintage International|year_published=2001|section=Prologue
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Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
(RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies)
(RQ:Milton Poems)
Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
(synonym of)
Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet Q1-2)
(l); having leprosy
a leper