leprose

Senso (Inglese)

1. Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
2. Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.

sinonimi

scaly

scurfy

scabrous

lepidote

scaled

scaley

Traduzioni

aspre

rugós

raspós

écailleux

áspero

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlɛproʊz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).