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