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Definition of Leprous
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling or having leprosy.
Definition of Leprous
1. a. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.
Definition of Leprous
1. Adjective. Relating to the disease leprosy. ¹
2. Adjective. Appearing decayed, having the appearance of infection by leprosy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leprous
1. affected with leprosy [adj]
Medical Definition of Leprous
1. Relating to or suffering from leprosy. Synonym: leprose, leprotic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leprous
Literary usage of Leprous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"IT is to observed that leprous persons were always, for avoiding the danger of
infection, to be separated from the sound, &c. ; God himself commanding to ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1865)
"15; father and mother said to be healthy ; younger brother leprous. ... 35;
brother leprous. No information regarding father and mother. ..."
3. The Works of Flavius Josephus...: With Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston (1830)
"Nor, indeed, has this man, who forged a dream from Isis, about the leprous people,
assigned the reason why the king would not bring them into Egypt. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"The macroscopic and microscopic appearances of leprous lesions of the larynx,
... leprous Larynx seen from behind. coloured sketches of the laryngoscopic ..."
5. Christian Missions and Social Progress: A Sociological Study of Foreign Missions by James Shepard Dennis (1899)
"A beautiful feature of this ministry to leprous parents is the provision of homes
for their untainted children, now made at many stations, in almost every ..."
6. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"2. eg a leprous person, iq to be restored, healed, Num. 12, 14. Reflex, of a
sword, Jer. 47,6 put up thyself into thy scabbard. 3. to be taken away, ..."
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