leprose
/ˈlɛproʊz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
Example Sentences
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: leprōsus, λέπρᾱ, λεπρός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛproʊz/
- British English: /ˈlɛprəʊz/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.
Inflected Forms
more leprose (comparative)
most leprose (superlative)