leprose
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Adj
- Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
- Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
Origin / Etymology
From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).
Synonyms
afflicted with leprosy, lepidote, leprous, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus, scabrous, scaly, scaly or lepidote, scurfy
Scrabble Score: 9
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