leper

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
2. (figuratively) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb

1. (archaic) To afflict with leprosy.
2. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of infect.
3. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of disfigure.
4. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of taint.
5. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of ostracize.

Concetti

lebbroso

a

lazzaro

lazzero

sinonimi

lazar

outcast

leprous

pariah

leprosy

reject

castaway

affected with leprosy

derelict

exile

Hansen’s disease

Lazarus

Traduzioni

lépreux

leproso

λεπρός

leproos

melaatse

lepralijder

leproso

lépreuse

leprosa

cüzzamlı

léprosé

leprós

lèpreux

Aussätzige

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lepre

In summary

From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).