Leprous

Definition: Leprous

Leprous

Adjective

1. Relating to or resembling or having leprosy.

Date "leprous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Leprous

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disease	Morbid, tainted, vitiated, peccant, contaminated, poisoned, tabid, mangy, leprous, cankered; rotten, rotten to the core, rotten at the core; withered, palsied, paralytic;dyspeptic; luetic, pneumonic, pulmonic, phthisic, rachitic; syntectic, syntectical; tabetic, varicose.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Leprous

English words defined with "leprous": Lazarly, Leperous, Leprosity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "leprous": Leprostatic Agents. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: Leprous

Author	Quotation
Oscar Wilde	Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Leprous

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The idea of exploring these leprous regions did not occur even to the police.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The leprous company of his sins closed about him, breathing upon him, bending over him from all sides.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Leprous

"Leprous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.00% of the time. "Leprous" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	85%	17	85,106
Noun (proper)	15%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Leprous

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "leprous".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Zeruah	N/A	Biblical	Leprous
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Leprous

Language		Translations for "leprous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lebroz (lay over, leper, leprosy), i gërbulët (lazarus). (various references)

Arabic		‏مجذوم. (various references)

Bulgarian		прокажен (lazarus, leper). (various references)

Chinese		麻风性. (various references)

Czech		malomocný (leper). (various references)

Danish		conjunctivitis leprosa (leprous conjunctivitis), chorioiditis leprosa (leprotic choroiditis, leprous choroiditis). (various references)

French		lépreux (leper, leporine, leprously). (various references)

German		leprakrank. (various references)

Greek		λεπρώδησ, λεπρόσ (leper). (various references)

Hebrew		מוכ�" שחין (mangy, scabby), מצורע (leper, lepric), צרוע. (various references)

Hungarian		leprás (leper), bélpoklos (chow hound, leper). (various references)

Italian		lebbroso (leper, leprously). (various references)

Manx		louraneagh, louranagh, louraanagh. (various references)

Norwegian		spedalsk (leper). (various references)

Pig Latin		eprouslay

Portuguese		morféia. (various references)

Romanian		lepros (leper), de leprã. (various references)

Russian		лепрозный, прокаженный (lazarus, leper). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		leprozan (leper), gubav (lazarus, leper). (various references)

Spanish		leproso (leper). (various references)

Swedish		spetälsk (leper). (various references)

Turkish		cüzamlı (leper), cüzam (leprosy). (various references)

Ukranian		лускатий (scaly), лепрозний. (various references)

Welsh		gwahan.glwyfus (leper). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Leprous

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	leprosam, leprosi, leprosos, leprosum, leprosus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Leprous

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tou de ihsou genomenou en bhqania en oikia simwnoV tou leprou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cum autem esset Iesus in Bethania in domo Simonis leprosi
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða se hælend wæs on bethanian onsymones huse þas reofelen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne Jhesus was in Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When Iesus was in Bethany in the house of Symon the leper
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Leprous

Language	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 6
Cebuano	¶ Ug sa didto si Jesus sa Betania sa balay ni Simon nga sanlahon,
Croatian	Kad je Isus bio u Betaniji, u kuæi � imuna Gubavca,
Danish	Men da Jesus var kommen til Bethania, i Simon den spedalskes Hus,
Dutch	Als nu Jezus te Bethanie was, ten huize van Simon, den melaatse,
Finnish	Kun Jeesus oli Betaniassa pitalisen Simonin asunnossa,
French	Comme Jésus était � Béthanie, dans la maison de Simon le lépreux,
German	Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien im Hause Simons, des Aussätzigen,
Haitian Creole	¶ Antan Jezi te Betani lakay Simon, nonm ki te gen maladi lalèp la,
Hungarian	És mikor Jézus Bethániában, a poklos Simon házánál vala,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika Yesus berada di Betania, di rumah Simon yang dahulu menderita penyakit kulit yang mengerikan,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tatkala Yesus di Baitani di dalam rumah Simon yang kena bala zaraat,
Manx Gaelic	Nish tra va Yeesey ayns Bethany, ayns thie Simon yn lourane,
Maori	¶ Na, i a Ihu i Petani i te whare o Haimona repera,
Norwegian	Men da Jesus var kommet til Betania og var i Simon den spedalskes hus,
Portuguese	Estando Jesus em Betânia, em casa de Simão, o leproso,
Rumanian	Cknd era Isus kn Betania, kn casa lui Simon leprosul,
Shuar	¶ Jesus Petania péprunam pujus tunamaru Semunka jeen pujumiayi.
Swahili	Yesu alipokuwa Bethania, nyumbani kwa Simoni, aitwaye Mkoma,
Swedish	Men när Jesus var i Betania, i Simon den spetälskes hus,
Uma	¶ Nto'u Yesus hi ngata Betania, hilou-i hi tomi hadua tauna to rahanga' Simon topohaki' poko'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Leprous

Derivations
	Words beginning with "leprous": leprously. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Leprous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leoribus, Lokrou, Lyrurus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Leprous"

Words rhyming with "leprous" (pronounced 'Lep"rous'): Anomaloflorous, Anurous, Aurous, Canorous, Chlorous, Cirrous, Decorous, Durous, Eurhipidurous, ferrous, Garous, Gastrurous, Geminiflorous, Hypochlorous, indecorous, Insonorous, Irous, Liguliflorous, Macrurous, mercurous, Multiflorous, Pellagrous, Radiciflorous, Ramiflorous, Sclerous, serous, Serrous, sonorous, Squarrous, Subserous, susurrous, Thysanurous, Uniflorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Leprous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pelorus, sporule.
	Words within the letters "e-l-o-p-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: lopers, loupes, polers, poseur, proles, pulers, pulser, sloper, splore, uprose.
	-2 letters: euros, loper, lopes, lores, loser, loupe, loups, lours, louse, lures, orles, ousel, poler, poles, pores, poser, pours, prole, prose, puler, pules, pulse, purls, purse, repos, roles, ropes, roues, roups, rouse, rules, slope, slurp, sorel, spore, sprue, super.
	-3 letters: epos, eros, euro, lope.
	Words containing the letters "e-l-o-p-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: couplers, overplus, perilous, poulters, sporules.
	+2 letters: corpuscle, leprously, opercules, peloruses, ploughers, polluters, poulardes, poultries, prelusion, profusely, prologues, promulges, prunellos, pullovers, purposely, pyloruses, recouples, reposeful, repulsion, splendour, sporulate, supercoil, supercool, upholders, upholster.
	+3 letters: corpuscles, fourplexes, operculars, operculums, outsparkle, overpluses, oversupply, peculators, pellagrous, pelycosaur, perilously, petroleums, plesiosaur, plunderous, popularise, poulterers, preciously, preclusion, prelusions, previously, pronucleus, propagules, propulsive, purebloods, purloiners, purposeful, pyrolusite, repulsions, speculator, splendours, splendrous, sporulated, sporulates, subproblem, superalloy, superblock, supercoils, supercools, superiorly, supermodel, suppletory, turophiles, uncouplers, underplots, upholsters, upholstery, viperously.
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