Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease. · Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo afflict with leprosy. · Synonym of infect. · Synonym of disfigure. · Synonym of taint.
From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
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