leper
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)
Noun
editleper (plural lepers, feminine lepress)
- A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
- (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editperson who has leprosy
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Verb
editleper (third-person singular simple present lepers, present participle lepering, simple past and past participle lepered)
- (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.
References
edit- “leper, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “leper”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “leper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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